China emissions exceed all developed nations combined

Re:China emissions exceed all developed nations combined by Udik on Saturday May 08, 2021 @04:15PM (#27090295)

> Check your math again: this isn't true

I used data from 2018, which I understand can be outdated now. But then you can split China in four parts, the argument doesn't change. If the problem is the total amount emitted by any political division of people, then splitting it in multiple parts should solve the problem. It doesn't.

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Re:China emissions exceed all developed nations combined by josephcsible on Saturday May 08, 2021 @04:29PM (#27090406)

But the reason China gets away with as much as it does is that it's so big and powerful. If there were four mini-Chinas, it would be much easier for the rest of the world to say "we're not buying anything from you until you clean up your emissions."

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Re:China emissions exceed all developed nations combined by Udik on Saturday May 08, 2021 @09:39PM (#27092398)

> If there were four mini-Chinas, it would be much easier...

But why would you? They wouldn't be the worst emitters, after all. The US would be a worse emitter than each of them.

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Re:China emissions exceed all developed nations combined by yongjik on Saturday May 08, 2021 @09:46PM (#27092425)

I don't think so. Saudi Arabia has 1/20th the GDP of China, murders a journalist, and the US still has no problem importing oil.

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