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Actually a lot of progress has been made, except in China, which has increased emissions to the point of reversing all other progress globally. By comparison,
by nostromo 7y ago
Actually a lot of progress has been made, except in China, which has increased emissions to the point of reversing all other progress globally.
By comparison, US carbon has been going down since 2007, despite a growing population and economy. Per capita it's been declining for over four decades.
China now emits more than the US and EU combined, despite having much, much less economic output.
- uoaei 7y agoCarbon emitted as a result of manufacturing should count toward the destination country, not the production country. China supplies the world a lot of goods. It doesn't seem appropriate to put the onus on China when the end result of that production run brings all that stuff over to another country.
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- jplayer01 7y ago> Carbon emitted as a result of manufacturing should count toward the destination country, not the production country. Has anybody studied this yet? This point comes up every time this issue is discussed, but I don't remember ever seeing any effort into quantifying what the situation looks like from this perspective.
- scarejunba 7y agoUnavoidable. They're playing catch up. It seems fairly obvious to me that we should say "Total emissions by some date (say 2080) should equal some value (say X) and we calculate from the Industrial Age to that date and apportion according to what percentage of the Earth you own". The West polluted from 1900 to 2020 and reaped the rewards. The cutbacks The West must make must be proportional. Otherwise it's like inheriting all your wealth from a thief and then making thievery a blanket crime.