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> Check your math again: this isn't true I used data from 2018, which I understand can be outdated now. But then you can split China in four parts, the argumen
by Udik 5y ago
> Check your math again: this isn't true
I used data from 2018, which I understand can be outdated now. But then you can split China in four parts, the argument doesn't change. If the problem is the total amount emitted by any political division of people, then splitting it in multiple parts should solve the problem. It doesn't.
- josephcsible 5y agoBut the reason China gets away with as much as it does is that it's so big and powerful. If there were four mini-Chinas, it would be much easier for the rest of the world to say "we're not buying anything from you until you clean up your emissions."
- Udik 5y ago> If there were four mini-Chinas, it would be much easier... But why would you? They wouldn't be the worst emitters, after all. The US would be a worse emitter than each of them.
- yongjik 5y agoI don't think so. Saudi Arabia has 1/20th the GDP of China, murders a journalist, and the US still has no problem importing oil.