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Virtually all of the CO2 output growth in my lifetime has not been "the West": https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2017/04/Global-CO2-emissions-by-region-since-
by gedy 4y ago
Virtually all of the CO2 output growth in my lifetime has not been "the West":
https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2017/04/Global-CO2-emissions-by-region-since-1751.png https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2017/04/Global-CO2-emissi...
and no party seems to push for shutting down imports from Asia, etc.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoWhen you very oddly specify "growth" you're suggesting that the "West" that has had high emissions throughout your entire life, and almost certainly cumulatively more in that period, are not to blame because other nations slowly increased to output roughly the same amount but still less per capita? That's harsh.
- gedy 4y agoNo, I'm commenting on OP implying the west is not doing enough now on the climate. This is not some commentary on fairness or other political topics.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoOk, but the west isn't doing enough and could very easily have done more, and in doing so would have made it easier for everyone else to do more.