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Per capita matters as a matter of fairness. Telling large poor countries they have too suck it up so smaller rich countries don’t have to solve the problem isn’
by amanaplanacanal 6y ago
Per capita matters as a matter of fairness. Telling large poor countries they have too suck it up so smaller rich countries don’t have to solve the problem isn’t going to work.
- gedy 6y agoThat's fine and agreed, but my point still stands that per capita based on some arbitrary borders is not a meaningful measure to the entire Earth's climate.
- pksebben 6y agoper capita is precisely the opposite of arbitrary; it's carbon per person.
- josephcsible 6y agoIt is arbitrary. Most carbon emissions are from industry, and the population size isn't directly linked to industry.
- josephcsible 6y agoChina is not "poor" by any stretch of the imagination.