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How does that reconcile with the actual (admittedly outdated) facts? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_ratio_of_GDP_to_carbon_dioxide_emissions

• lozenge 7y ago
  He is looking at carbon efficiency - emissions divided by GDP. On top of that, he's looking at the change in efficiency rather than the actual efficiency, thus he can boast that the US is increasingly efficient, instead of noting it is already very inefficient. Of course, the planet is based on physics and doesn't understand GDP, so this is all in a wider sense irrelevant.
  • marmaduke 7y ago
    > the planet is based on physics and doesn't understand GDP, so this is all in a wider sense irrelevant Per https://xkcd.com/435/ https://xkcd.com/435/ economics (GDP) would be to the far left (or between sociology and math if we're on S^1), so if efficiency became a part of the exchange rate or tax on goods, it would become immediately understandable by planet. I like BTW, the suggestion that the planet's understanding things. I can imagine she feels rather itchy these days.