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If you want to play this fairness game, I don't think it comes out in the US's favor. The US alone has emitted 25% of the cumulative emissions up till this poin
by notJim 5y ago
If you want to play this fairness game, I don't think it comes out in the US's favor. The US alone has emitted 25% of the cumulative emissions up till this point, far beyond its share of population. Why is it China's job to sacrifice for the sake of our mess? Why did we get a 100-year head-start using cheap fossil fuels to develop our country and they don't?
https://ourworldindata.org/contributed-most-global-co2 https://ourworldindata.org/contributed-most-global-co2
My point is, playing this blame game is not helping anything. It's a global problem, so we all have to contribute. The atmosphere does not know or care about national boundaries, so we need to do as much as possible. The fact is, America has high emissions per capita, and the resources and know-how to fix it.