Re:China emissions exceed all developed nations combined
by rsj_hn on Friday May 07, 2021 @06:18PM
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Some people are interested in carbon-accounting, others are interested in moral-accounting. What the moral accounters may not realize is that their accounting is rarely useful for solving problems, and is often actively harmful. The first step to making progress in many areas is to say "OK, let's forget about trying to find someone to blame".
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Re:China emissions exceed all developed nations combined
by ancientworldnow on Friday May 07, 2021 @08:23PM
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Wrong. Carbon accounting suggests it's easier to make cuts in the people who are using the most as they have far more fat to trim and you can get dramatically greater reductions in environmental damage with much smaller impact to overall. standard of living
This is both the moral and practical solution, it's just not what people want to hear.
Re:China emissions exceed all developed nations combined
by josephcsible on Saturday May 08, 2021 @10:58AM
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No it doesn't. The problem is that there aren't enough "people who are using the most" to make any substantial difference. This is the same flaw in the argument that we should fix inequality in America by just taking 90% of the billionaires' money: we'd run out of billionaires after only paying a few months' rent for everyone.