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> If everyone in the US and Europe dropped dead, that would be about a 24% decrease in global GHG emissions That's not quite right. A lot of that pollution by
by perfunctory 7y ago
> If everyone in the US and Europe dropped dead, that would be about a 24% decrease in global GHG emissions
That's not quite right. A lot of that pollution by China and Other is due to exports for US and European consumption. We just outsourced our pollution. So it depends on how one does the accounting.
- Aromasin 7y agoSame applies to our trash/garbage/rubbish. Time and time again I hear the words "but all of our stuff gets recycled - China/India/Malaysia/[insert] is the problem". Little do they realise that we ship massive amounts of it away.