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Because rich countries brings their products from somewhere else, they don't have to produce them, they don't have to deal with the environmental impact of prod
by JoshCalbet 7y ago
Because rich countries brings their products from somewhere else, they don't have to produce them, they don't have to deal with the environmental impact of producing them.
- dmix 7y agoThat’s a myth, the US (and Canada, Germany, etc) still does tons of manufacturing and mining locally.
- wtdata 7y agoThat's a common misconception, China is not even amongst the top 50 countries when it comes to industrial production value per capita. And most rich countries are near the top: https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Industry/Manufacturing%2C-value-added/Current-US%24-per-capita https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Industry/Man...
- lozenge 7y agoThis is true. China's environmental impact is 22% lower if you exclude their exports, and many countries in Europe would have 30% higher impact if you include their imports. Figures from the abstract - somewhat out of date but true to a lesser extent today - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2851800/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2851800/