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> Per-capita emissions is the only valid way of looking at it No. Rate of change is what matters. How does per capita emissions matter when the graph looks lik
by zpeti 3y ago
> Per-capita emissions is the only valid way of looking at it
No. Rate of change is what matters. How does per capita emissions matter when the graph looks like this?
https://twitter.com/GuntramWolff/status/1627029836727459840 https://twitter.com/GuntramWolff/status/1627029836727459840
- abenga 3y agoWhy should people in emerging economies stop improving their lives when it's emissions that made the first world into the advanced economies that they are that got us to this point in the first place?
- tzs 3y agoCO2 remains in the atmosphere for hundreds of years, so it is the area under the curve over the last few hundred years that matters. China's emissions are currently rising, but they are also deploying a ton of solar and nuclear power plants, and electric cars use is rapidly growing (much faster than in the US). Most analysts expect China's emissions to peak in a few years and then decline.
- hackerlight 3y agoGlobal warming isn't caused by the first derivative of emissions. It's caused by total emissions. And again, per-capita is what matters. If China split up into 20 countries, your focus would not be on China, because it would not show up on that chart of yours. The focus on China really is that bone-headed.