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What part of per capita are you not getting?

• mytailorisrich 2y ago
  No snark, please. It seems that you are not getting what I wrote: Regarding per capita figure the thing to keep in mind is that China used to be very poor and has been developing. Per capita figures therefore started very low and have been increasing rapidly with development, and are still much lower than the US's. This is also why India's figures are quite low. Regading overall figures, obviously then what is relevant is the overall population, as explained. Can't repeat the same thing over and over if you refuse to engage, so good night and good luck.
  • _djo_ 2y ago
    I apologise for the snark, my frustration for the better of me. The point I’m trying to make is that I’ve been basing all my points on per capita emissions, not overall figures, and that China’s per capita figures are no longer much lower than those of the US and within just a few years at the current rate they will eclipse US figures. That means that it’s not just about them developing, it’s also about them developing in an extremely emissions-heavy way, to a point where if nothing is done there’s a possibility that before long China will have per capita emissions several times larger than that of the US. Of course, given their population that also means their overall emissions will be huge, but that’s a separate thing.