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> You can have rich and green (Ireland/Switzerland) You can only have that because they outsource pollution.

• the_third_wave 4y ago
  The comparison here was "carbon-heavy" versus "green", not polluting versus non-polluting. Carbon dioxide is not pollution and has no relation to the outsourcing of it. A country which uses 100% nuclear power and as such does not emit any (or hardly any) Carbon dioxide would be "green" and as such would be "rich and green".
  • trabant00 4y ago
    The post I'm replying to starts with "I believe economic inequality is quite unrelated to _pollution_." And energy production is just one aspect. Do the rich green countries not consume any plastic products? Meat? Do they have 100% electric vehicles?
    • danuker 4y ago
      I was referring to greenhouse gas pollution, which may have been unclear. CO2 and methane are pollutants. But your point still stands, as you illustrate. Countries might be importing CO2- and methane-heavy products rather than manufacture their own.