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The atmosphere does a good job of mixing CO2 emissions, so someone emitting a ton of CO2 affects others pretty much equally no matter where they are. Unless you
by tzs 3y ago
The atmosphere does a good job of mixing CO2 emissions, so someone emitting a ton of CO2 affects others pretty much equally no matter where they are. Unless you can make a good case that some people have some kind of natural or divine right to a lifestyle that emits more CO2 than others the only sensible way to allocate whatever global CO2 allowance we decide we need to stay under is per capita.
- loceng 3y agoOf course, you missed my point though. You can't look at climate in a silo, just like you can't look at the economy in a silo, nor can you look at any one nation in a silo - geopolitics mattering - and the harmful increase in costs the West is taking on with policy is further benefitting the East who's policy allows them to crank up their CO2 production even further, reducing their costs, and benefitting . It's a blatantly obvious disconnect that people pretend doesn't need to be solved at the same time otherwise disadvantage and harm isn't evenly distributed; if harmful policies are going to be implemented instead of technological solutions that don't cause harm but instead accelerate a shift.