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Re:Ask HN: What can be done to prevent a climate catastrophe? by onyeka on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @04:59AM (#18183167)
> Because as far as they are concerned mass deaths in poorer nations is only going to reduce the carbon emission load on our planet.

But the wealthier nations are the ones producing majority of the carbon emissions.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/dec/02/worlds-r...

Seems like you're counting on poorer countries to die off so you in the the richer nations can survive when it's the richer folks causing the problem. Like the resource loss from these continents wasting away won't affect them.

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Re:Ask HN: What can be done to prevent a climate catastrophe? by TeMPOraL on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @07:57AM (#18183982)
A part of the climate change calculation is that the poorer countries are actively improving their standards of living, and that means rapidly increasing their energy demands.
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