Germany and the US also export a tremendous amount of goods, and do so without clogging up our rivers (and eventually the ocean) with trash. And studies have s

Germany and the US also export a tremendous amount of goods, and do so without clogging up our rivers (and eventually the ocean) with trash. And studies have shown that only 15% of China's CO2 emissions are for the production of exports. That means that 85% of their CO2 emissions are for local production. [1] Lastly, the amount of economic value the US and other advanced nations produce per unit of Co2 is much higher than China, which is one of the least efficient from Co2 to value. [2] 1. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15883-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15883-9 2. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.ATM.CO2E.PP.GD?most_recent_value_desc=true https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.ATM.CO2E.PP.GD?most_...