WA, NY and CA Governors Announce Formation of United States Climate Alliance

Re:WA, NY and CA Governors Announce Formation of United Stat... by xienze on Thursday June 01, 2017 @10:46PM (#14467054)

> I'm just trying to understand your reasoning.

They completely drag down the per capita numbers. You're basically lumping people producing near-US levels of emissions with half the population producing basically nothing.

> Should we also exclude the half of the US population that uses the least carbon emissions?

Not anywhere close in terms of magnitude.

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Re:WA, NY and CA Governors Announce Formation of United Stat... by swampthing on Friday June 02, 2017 @02:19AM (#14467874)

I don't really understand why the fact that they drag down the per-capita numbers is a rationale for excluding them. Why is it that the people producing no emissions should not be allowed to raise their standard of living to that of people in the US?

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Re:WA, NY and CA Governors Announce Formation of United Stat... by rtx on Friday June 02, 2017 @05:35AM (#14468653)

Because we will destroy the planet. We can't have everyone living at that level.

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Re:WA, NY and CA Governors Announce Formation of United Stat... by swampthing on Friday June 02, 2017 @01:07PM (#14471529)

Agreed - so is it more fair to have everyone living at the same sustainable level, or is it more fair to restrict people with a low carbon footprint from increasing their footprint, so that the people with a large carbon footprint can sustain their way of living?

Obviously, as a country, you want to get away with whatever you can. I'm just saying it's difficult to get people to agree to something that they think is unfair to them.

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