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> E.g. the US has ~8x the per-capita carbon emissions of India. Thank you for pointing out the very obvious elephant in the room: both China and India, nearly
by titzer 7y ago
> E.g. the US has ~8x the per-capita carbon emissions of India.
Thank you for pointing out the very obvious elephant in the room: both China and India, nearly 3 billion people, cannot live like the United States, but they are on a trajectory to do so, and we in the west have no moral high ground to tell them no. This is the #1 reason we are totally hosed in the long run.
- pas 7y agoThat's not even remotely sound. Any country can live like the US. The technology is there, it has been there for 50 years. Nuclear energy, electric vehicles, better insulation and building heat/energy management, and so on. Plus, it's not like those countries would even want to live like the US. No, they want better. Public transportation, affordable healthcare and education, and so on.