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The US has double the emissions per capita as China. [1] China is also steadily moving towards one of the most ambitious carbon tax / cap and trade systems in
by gdubs 7y ago
The US has double the emissions per capita as China. [1]
China is also steadily moving towards one of the most ambitious carbon tax / cap and trade systems in the world. [2] Don’t have the exact source in front of me but I read in a paper recently that China’s new carbon market will cover a significant percentage of global carbon emissions when it’s in full swing.
1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_...
2: https://www.icf.com/blog/policy-and-regulation/china-carbon-price https://www.icf.com/blog/policy-and-regulation/china-carbon-...
- bleh123 7y agoThis isn’t reddit. Please don’t downvote because you disagree, try and have a reasonable discussion. Read my comment again and please tell me where I cited emissions per capita. If you’re simply going to normalize data without an explainer, might as well do emissions over GDP and find the most efficient economies since the crux of the argument is around economic value of energy. Your wiki source is based on world bank data and only goes through 2014. Here’s a more recent estimate: [1] I have my doubts on the efficiency of the carbon tax as a mechanism to effectively reduce emissions but am willing to be persuaded by data that shows otherwise. But that is a topic for another time and does nothing to disqualify any of the points I made above. [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2018/07/01/china-emits-more-carbon-dioxide-than-the-u-s-and-eu-combined/#569dae55628c https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2018/07/01/china-emits-...