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>> we have to dramatically cut emissions The "we" in this is primarily China and keeping third-world countries from industrializing using the means that the We
by icelancer 8y ago
>> we have to dramatically cut emissions
The "we" in this is primarily China and keeping third-world countries from industrializing using the means that the Western world used to get up to speed. It is not the Western countries, as raynier pointed out. As long as we understand the magnitude - and perhaps incredible unfairness - of the problem, then that's fine.
But cutting emissions in the United States and Europe isn't going to do anything.
- swish_bob 8y ago>> But cutting emissions in the United States and Europe isn't going to do anything. You're right, we shouldn't bother doing anything, we should just tell them to clean up their act.
- aoner 8y agoThis is such a common misconception. US per capita emissions are around 15 tons and China is around 7 tons. And don't forget that there is a lot of creative accounting going on. All carbon emissions are "exported" by making china the factory of the world. Furthermore flying is not counted in US emissions... I don't think emissions are actually reducing in the US. And let's not forget about the shale "revolution". Oh also: the US has the highest historical emissions. There is an interesting interactive graph made by carbonbrief: https://mobile.twitter.com/carbonbrief/status/1120715988532629506 https://mobile.twitter.com/carbonbrief/status/11207159885326...