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The planet doesn't really care about "per capita" though, just total effect. By that logic, a country that has only 1M citizens but is highly industrious and ha
by carlosdp 5y ago
The planet doesn't really care about "per capita" though, just total effect. By that logic, a country that has only 1M citizens but is highly industrious and has more pollutant side-effects per capita for that reason should get all the attention even if it's total contribution is less than 1%.
Doesn't make sense to me if your goal is to actually stop climate change, as opposed to just hand wringing.
- AlexandrB 5y agoPer-capita footprint absolutely does matter. Otherwise how can you compare countries with vastly different populations like Iceland and India? And on a per-capita basis the North American lifestyle produces way more carbon than the Southeast Asian one.