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Per Capita paints a completely different picture: https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-per-capita/ https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emiss

• beervirus 5y ago
  Yes, 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 ago
  The 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 ago
    Simply divide by sqrt(Capita) if you want an average between these stances. Good point btw.