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But is China opening those coal stations to power factories that export things to the developed world or to power internal demand? Should the pollution of a pro
by grotorea 3y ago
But is China opening those coal stations to power factories that export things to the developed world or to power internal demand? Should the pollution of a product get counted in the producing or the consuming country?
- Spivak 3y agoProducing. Always. Assign the "blame" however you want but the only person who can stop polluting is the person actually doing the polluting. "Look what you made me do" has never been a valid justification for anything.
- IMTDb 3y agoConsuming. Always. Assign the "blame" however you want but the only person who can stop polluting is the person actually asking for the polluting to be done. "I turn a blind eye to the consequences of my needs/desires" has never been a valid justification for anything.
- carlitossway 3y agowish you'd have expressed this better. Your argument is sound but your sarcasm gave a pretext to those not wanting to hear. Now you are dismissed out of hand on shallow grounds.
- IMTDb 3y agoI actually don't have strong arguments in favour of what I wrote. My personal point is that it's a complex subject. And you should not deal absolute in such complex subjects. Having two completely different point of view expressed almost exactly the same ways brings balance to the discussion and leaves the reader with the decision of who is "right" or "wrong". And hopefully will answer "neither". Which is the ultimate goal.
- JamesBarney 3y agoIf you look at consumption vs production co2 emissions statistics they're pretty close. Manufacturing isn't a huge portion of emissions, and we export a lot of goods to China as well.