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Re:China emissions exceed all developed nations combined by kenned3 on Friday May 07, 2021 @07:18PM (#27081912)
This is why i am grateful our ass-hat of a prime minsiter has carbon taxes and overcommits us to "green" programs..

because if every one of the 32 million canadians reaced zero emissions, woudl the world even notice?

Look, i am all for "green" programs, but over-taxing us isnt the answer, our contribution is minimal.. we would be far better off helping others get off coal.

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Re:China emissions exceed all developed nations combined by codefined on Friday May 07, 2021 @08:39PM (#27082501)
Canada is the eighth highest emissions producing country per capita. You're only just better than the USA in seventh place. You're nowhere near 'good'.
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Re:China emissions exceed all developed nations combined by spfzero on Saturday May 08, 2021 @01:37AM (#27084230)
I would say that’s pretty good given Canada’s standard of living.
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Re:China emissions exceed all developed nations combined by winrid on Saturday May 08, 2021 @03:22AM (#27084766)
Is this from industry?
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Re:China emissions exceed all developed nations combined by gedy on Saturday May 08, 2021 @12:49AM (#27083976)
Per capita really doesn't matter to the Earth, just politics
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Re:China emissions exceed all developed nations combined by amanaplanacanal on Saturday May 08, 2021 @05:49AM (#27085527)
Per capita matters as a matter of fairness. Telling large poor countries they have too suck it up so smaller rich countries don’t have to solve the problem isn’t going to work.
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Re:China emissions exceed all developed nations combined by josephcsible on Saturday May 08, 2021 @10:42AM (#27087541)
China is not "poor" by any stretch of the imagination.
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Re:China emissions exceed all developed nations combined by gedy on Saturday May 08, 2021 @09:11AM (#27086824)
That's fine and agreed, but my point still stands that per capita based on some arbitrary borders is not a meaningful measure to the entire Earth's climate.
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Re:China emissions exceed all developed nations combined by pksebben on Saturday May 08, 2021 @10:45AM (#27087576)
per capita is precisely the opposite of arbitrary; it's carbon per person.
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Re:China emissions exceed all developed nations combined by josephcsible on Saturday May 08, 2021 @10:51AM (#27087645)
It is arbitrary. Most carbon emissions are from industry, and the population size isn't directly linked to industry.
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