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Good luck telling India or China.

• knodi123 3y ago
  I can't quite tell in what sense you mean this- whataboutist? defeatist? something else? Anyway, we should all be part of the solution, and also work on convincing the worst polluters to join us. In fact, doing the former would help with accomplishing the latter.
  • joemazerino 3y ago
    The West already has the lowest carbon emissions out of all major industrialized regions. The worst polluters are India and China, both of which are building more coal plants. Crippling our economy while they build theirs is insipid.
    • knodi123 3y ago
      China's emissions are actually set to decrease this year (https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-emissions-set-to-fall-in-2024-after-record-growth-in-clean-energy/ https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-emissions-set-to...) And China and India are less polluting per capita than the US. The U.S. has the thirteenth-highest per capita emissions at 13.68 tons, while Russia is 20th (11.64), Japan is 26th (8.39), China is 28th (8.20), and India is 110th with a mere 1.74 tons per capita. "Crippling our economy" is a one-sided and negative way to view it. I question your objectivity.