A new book asserts that rich countries grow with lighter environmental impacts

Re:A new book asserts that rich countries grow with lighter ... by JoshCalbet on Sunday August 11, 2019 @03:21PM (#20669893)

Because rich countries brings their products from somewhere else, they don't have to produce them, they don't have to deal with the environmental impact of producing them.

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Re:A new book asserts that rich countries grow with lighter ... by lozenge on Sunday August 11, 2019 @07:45PM (#20671274)

This is true. China's environmental impact is 22% lower if you exclude their exports, and many countries in Europe would have 30% higher impact if you include their imports.

Figures from the abstract - somewhat out of date but true to a lesser extent today - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2851800/

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Re:A new book asserts that rich countries grow with lighter ... by wtdata on Sunday August 11, 2019 @06:20PM (#20670919)

That's a common misconception, China is not even amongst the top 50 countries when it comes to industrial production value per capita. And most rich countries are near the top:

https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Industry/Man...

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Re:A new book asserts that rich countries grow with lighter ... by dmix on Sunday August 11, 2019 @03:24PM (#20669902)

That’s a myth, the US (and Canada, Germany, etc) still does tons of manufacturing and mining locally.

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