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Re:Chinese cities use “mist cannon” to shoot pollution from ... by myztic on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @03:02PM (#10780006)
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/datablog/2009/sep/02/...

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China 9,679.30 GHG emissions (MtCO2e)[1], United States 6,668.79 GHG emissions (MtCO2e)[1] - population China ~1.3 billion[2], population United States ~330 million[3]

Do the math!

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_greenhous...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_China

[3] http://www.census.gov/popclock/

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Re:Chinese cities use “mist cannon” to shoot pollution from ... by scott_karana on Tuesday December 22, 2015 @06:21PM (#10781042)
That's just CO2. What about sulphur oxides, particulate matter, and the like?

"Pollution" is a general term.

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Re:Chinese cities use “mist cannon” to shoot pollution from ... by myztic on Thursday December 31, 2015 @07:16PM (#10820503)
Better late than never: it's hard to get reliable data on such things, CO2 estimates are probably at least somewhat correct.

The larger point being that you have to take into account how many people live in a country, you can't just compare countries without that.

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