> How do you figure China is an exemplar for worst emissions? They emit less per capita than the US today as well as historically. But the Chinese are also poo

> How do you figure China is an exemplar for worst emissions? They emit less per capita than the US today as well as historically. But the Chinese are also poorer, on average, and since poorer people tend to live a simpler life (not that it is a bad thing), emission per capita may not be a good indicator. An alternative is to compare tons of CO2 emitted for each USD of GDP produced, which, using the numbers the world bank [1], turns out to be 0.6 for China and 0.2 for the US (using figures from 2021 for GDP and population, and 2019 for emissions, but the results hold qualitatively). Roughly speaking, this means that the same good/service required, on average, three times as much CO2 to be produced/offered in China compared to the US (using USD to measure the "quantity" of goods/services). [1] https://data.worldbank.org/?locations=US-CN https://data.worldbank.org/?locations=US-CN