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Re:Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions? by _wzsf on Friday January 03, 2020 @11:36AM (#21947467)
That little table is the only place where China looks good with regards to CO2 emissions. If the US had 4x the population, ceteris paribus, we'd have even lower CO2 "per capita" than China. Doesn't change one bit the fact that China emits 40% more CO2 than the next biggest polluter.
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Re:Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions? by hcarvalhoalves on Friday January 03, 2020 @11:50AM (#21947612)
China is also the world's factory floor, producing most of what's bought by people in the US and Australia, and in effect taking big part of their responsibility. Considering that, the fact it's only 1.4x of US emissions is a miracle.

If "1st world" were truly worried, they would stop buying or stop off-shoring. Saying "3rd world lacks initiative" as if it's a national issue is a joke.

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Re:Ask HN: A New Decade. Any Predictions? by _wzsf on Friday January 03, 2020 @02:41PM (#21949552)
> Saying "3rd world lacks initiative" as if it's a national issue is a joke.

Yeah, I definitely said that. Continue being mad at me and America.

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