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Oh, China is by no means a beacon. I just don't think we should be (effectively) outsourcing pollution to them. In the last 8 years, China has emitted more CO2
by gadders 4mo ago
Oh, China is by no means a beacon. I just don't think we should be (effectively) outsourcing pollution to them. In the last 8 years, China has emitted more CO2 than the UK has in the last 250.
- spacedcowboy 4mo agoChina is approximately 40x the size of the UK, and has 20x the people. Using "the last 250 years" is not in any way a comparable term. The UK was emitting (in 2000) roughly what China is emitting today, 9.36 tonnes/capita then for the UK vs 9.24 tonnes/capita now for China. China is behind the UK on the curve from industrialisation to clean industrialisation but the "250 years" thing is just designed to present them in a bad light. Neither of them are close to the USA, which is running at 13.8 tonnes/capita right now.