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European Union: 6.4 tCO2 per capita per year China: 7.5 And EU is about 500 million people. Source: 2014 numbers from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/
by sampo 7y ago
European Union: 6.4 tCO2 per capita per year
China: 7.5
And EU is about 500 million people.
Source: 2014 numbers from
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/en.atm.co2e.pc https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/en.atm.co2e.pc
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoAll that stuff the EU and US buys - where's it made? It counts toward China's emissions total. Whilst having reduced EU or US contribution comparatively speaking. We globalised manufacturing emissions, and most of them ended up in China. The simple fact is no one can claim their halo - everyone, everywhere has a part in the solution, and we can find failings to criticise everywhere too. Maybe Orkney got closest to their get out of jail card, but they're tiny.
- js8 7y ago> All that stuff the EU and US buys - where's it made? Not that I disagree, but it is not just Europeans' choice to buy from China, but also Chineses' choice not to sell.