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You make it sound like the USA isn't the largest per capita polluter in the world.
by jabradoodle 3y ago
You make it sound like the USA isn't the largest per capita polluter in the world.
- rayiner 3y agoThe climate doesn’t care about “per capita.”
- jabradoodle 3y agoI don't know why you put that in quotes. My point is it is rediculous to argue for geoengineering while pointing your finger at the third world, when the country with the largest historical emissions still relies heavily on coal.
- Daffodils 3y agoIt sure does. One chinese person driving a gas vehicle, shouldn't be blamed over Taylor Swift taking a thousand trips on her jet just because he is from China. Everybody needs to pitch in.
- rayiner 3y agoIt’s not about blame, and we will never get everyone even in single countries to “pitch in,” much less have the world working together. That’s a children’s fantasy. The world the west is confronted with is this: Chinese and Indians want to live like Americans. The legitimacy of the government in places like China and Bangladesh rest on being able to deliver 6-8% GDP growth every year. They won’t do anything to jeopardize that, and we can’t control what they do. So carbon capture is going to have to be a pillar of any climate mitigation strategy.