US emissions fell 2.1% in 2019

Re:US emissions fell 2.1% in 2019 by UncleMeat on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @01:57PM (#21994564)

The US is using, per capita, way way way more carbon than other nations. If we used the same per capita rate as India it would be a 90% reduction. That would be unbelievable. There would be parades in the streets.

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Re:US emissions fell 2.1% in 2019 by briandear on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @02:26PM (#21994816)

> There would be parades in the streets.

Right now, in India, there is sewage in the streets and profound and extreme poverty. Aspiring to Indian emissions is necessarily aspiring to an Indian quality of life.

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Re:US emissions fell 2.1% in 2019 by UncleMeat on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @03:33PM (#21995488)

Then we will have that quality of life anyway, when we are at +5C and we have global crop failures.

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Re:US emissions fell 2.1% in 2019 by briandear on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @02:25PM (#21994806)

It also produces more per capita as well.

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