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This is only a variant of the old "that big group of peoples are much larger than our group, so they need to change first". The others are always larger, so eas
by rypskar 7y ago
This is only a variant of the old "that big group of peoples are much larger than our group, so they need to change first". The others are always larger, so easy to accuse. Total for a country is maybe not the best metric to use. Per person emissions shows much more than total for a group of peoples called a country. Of course the largest polluter both by country and per person need to change the most, but the total pollution is the total of what you, me, and everyone else pollute
- reitzensteinm 7y agoYes, and it's scary how often this broken thinking pops up here. Here's a quick quiz: China decides to split in two. Can each half now by rights pollute twice as much as it was before? Does the EU count as one large mega polluter or a bunch of small conscientious countries? Should we cap an Indian's emissions at 1/50th of those of an Australian, or use their economic development as an excuse to do whatever we want? The planet doesn't care about whatever imaginary lines we draw on a map. Per capita is all that matters and Australia is doing very poorly.