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> Per-capita is useless in practice because a factory pumping out 1000000 units in Canada will look bad per-capita. > A factory pumping 1000000 units in China
by yongjik 3y ago
> Per-capita is useless in practice because a factory pumping out 1000000 units in Canada will look bad per-capita.
> A factory pumping 1000000 units in China looks great per-capita.
A factory pumping out 1000000 units, each earning $1k, will net each Canadian $26.
The same factory in China will net each Chinese citizen 71 cents.
You think you found the unfairness of the comparison, but in essence, you're just saying "But Canada is rich and China is poor! That's why Canadians get to pollute more than Chinese per capita!"
Your argument isn't going to persuade many people.