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If you look at cumulative historical emissions, whether CO2 or HFCs, it is the West that produced the majority of the pollutants that is currently in the atmosp
by Leary 4y ago
If you look at cumulative historical emissions, whether CO2 or HFCs, it is the West that produced the majority of the pollutants that is currently in the atmosphere. The west, therefore should bare the majority of the responsibility for their actions since they produced this tremendous externality when they were industrializing.
- Gareth321 4y agoIt sounds like you're arguing we should be cool with China destroying the environment because some other countries already damaged it. Am I understanding your argument correctly?
- ftrobro 4y agoUSA is the only western country in the top five for historical CO2 emissions since 1850 (unless you consider Brazil a western country): https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-which-countries-are-historically-responsible-for-climate-change/ https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-which-countries-are-his...