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> It's really the US that is the exception on climate. China’s pumping out more than twice as much CO2 as the USA is. https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissi
by beervirus 5y ago
> It's really the US that is the exception on climate.
China’s pumping out more than twice as much CO2 as the USA is.
https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-by-country/ https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-by...
- loopz 5y agoPer Capita paints a completely different picture: https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-per-capita/ https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-pe...
- beervirus 5y agoYes, if you look at it per capita, the US is #16 instead of #2. That is a great point that makes it even clearer that the US is not some horrible exception to the worldwide trend.
- tomatotomato37 5y agoThe climate doesn't care if it's 100 people emitting 1 unit of CO2 or 1 person emitting 100, it's going to have the same effect either way. China does not get a free pass because it has a lot of people or it likes to pretend it's still a developing nation, it's just as responsible as any western nation for fixing this mess
- loopz 5y agoSimply divide by sqrt(Capita) if you want an average between these stances. Good point btw.
- bellyfullofbac 5y agoYeah, but where is the world's factory? Where was your shiny phone, or your kid's Nerf gun (or whatever plastic toy they have), made?
- beervirus 5y agoYes, China does have an economic incentive to pollute, that is correct.