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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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