Re:New nuclear plant at Sizewell set for green light
by AlchemistCamp on Monday November 02, 2020 @03:53AM
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You're confusing is with ought.
It's not that Canada "should get to" pollute more than India. Canada can pollute more than India and still have the effects absorbed by its environment. Canada has vast forests absorbing CO2 on a scale sufficient to mostly counteract the harmful effects caused by its relatively sparse population. India doesn't have those vast forests, and its population is enormous.
I'm making no claim that it should be this way. It is this way.
Despite emitting more CO2 per capita, Canada is putting a negligible strain on the planet compared to India, the US, or especially China.
It's not that Canada "should get to" pollute more than India. Canada can pollute more than India and still have the effects absorbed by its environment. Canada has vast forests absorbing CO2 on a scale sufficient to mostly counteract the harmful effects caused by its relatively sparse population. India doesn't have those vast forests, and its population is enormous.
I'm making no claim that it should be this way. It is this way.
Despite emitting more CO2 per capita, Canada is putting a negligible strain on the planet compared to India, the US, or especially China.