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This is a good counter-argument with some evidence that China and India are not the toxic hell hole that sometimes pops up in media. The thing that isn't menti
by Hextinium 7y ago
This is a good counter-argument with some evidence that China and India are not the toxic hell hole that sometimes pops up in media.
The thing that isn't mentioned in the article and is in the paper is that the majority >80% of the greening is due to cropland instead of the forests.
- Wohlf 7y agoI don't know if it is a counterargument, you can fill your countryside with trees while also burning a mountain of coal.
- theandrewbailey 7y agoIt depends on how you're burning the mountain of coal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountaintop_removal_mining https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountaintop_removal_mining
- jacobush 7y agoWhat now? I make of it a weak counter-argument at most. If you have say, more forests and toxic hell holes of cities, is that a counter-argument? And the cropland, if its desiccated and over fertilized?
- mrkeen 7y agoThat's nice, but also https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stemming-the-plastic-tide-10-rivers-contribute-most-of-the-plastic-in-the-oceans https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stemming-the-plas...
- Leary 7y agoGreenhouse Gas Emissions Per Capita (Metric Tons of CO2e Per capita): China: 8.49 India: 2.28 United States: 19.9 Japan: 10.55 [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_greenhouse_gas_emissions_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_greenhous...
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoIs your point that the US is worse? Because, yes, the US absolutely needs to lower its carbon output immediately and drastically. Note that there are lots of other democratic countries doing far better than the US and China.
- harshalizee 7y agoyeah, and none of those are remotely anywhere the size of the above mentioned countries.
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoIsn't the purpose of looking at "per capita" numbers that it allows you to compare countries of different sizes?