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They very much do, but now they have to pay "carbon tax" invented by people who were responsible for most of the pollution until China
by baybal2 5y ago
They very much do, but now they have to pay "carbon tax" invented by people who were responsible for most of the pollution until China
- downWidOutaFite 5y agoHistory isn't fair but this resentment is going to destroy humanity.
- sangnoir 5y agoI think it's the "Screw you, I got mine" race-to-the-bottom attitude will destroy us faster. Pointing out this ongoing problem is not resentment - no one wants to talk about per-capita carbon footprint, or have binding targets, because everyone is selfish.
- tshaddox 5y agoWell, no, it wouldn’t be the resentment destroying humanity, it would be the people who caused all the emissions destroying humanity.
- mensetmanusman 5y agoHistory might say humanity was destroyed because it didn’t attempt geo-engineering fast enough.
- jevoten 5y agoBut they also have access to solar, wind, and nuclear technology that were far less developed when the countries you are blaming were industrializing.
- Maarten88 5y agoCarbon Tax money is not thrown out of the window. It will mostly stay in the same country, and it will create jobs and wealth for people who are part of the solution, not part of the problem.
- newfriend 5y agoAlso responsible for basically all technological innovation which makes it even possible to have viable "green energy".