Sixty years of climate change warnings

Re:Sixty years of climate change warnings by beervirus on Monday July 05, 2021 @12:37PM (#27739656)

> It's really the US that is the exception on climate.

China’s pumping out more than twice as much CO2 as the USA is.

https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-by...

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Re:Sixty years of climate change warnings by loopz on Monday July 05, 2021 @12:49PM (#27739769)

Per Capita paints a completely different picture:

https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-pe...

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Re:Sixty years of climate change warnings by tomatotomato37 on Monday July 05, 2021 @07:03PM (#27742658)

The climate doesn't care if it's 100 people emitting 1 unit of CO2 or 1 person emitting 100, it's going to have the same effect either way. China does not get a free pass because it has a lot of people or it likes to pretend it's still a developing nation, it's just as responsible as any western nation for fixing this mess

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Re:Sixty years of climate change warnings by loopz on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @05:55AM (#27746164)

Simply divide by sqrt(Capita) if you want an average between these stances.

Good point btw.

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Re:Sixty years of climate change warnings by beervirus on Monday July 05, 2021 @05:54PM (#27742180)

Yes, if you look at it per capita, the US is #16 instead of #2. That is a great point that makes it even clearer that the US is not some horrible exception to the worldwide trend.

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Re:Sixty years of climate change warnings by bellyfullofbac on Monday July 05, 2021 @01:22PM (#27739993)

Yeah, but where is the world's factory? Where was your shiny phone, or your kid's Nerf gun (or whatever plastic toy they have), made?

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Re:Sixty years of climate change warnings by beervirus on Monday July 05, 2021 @06:07PM (#27742258)

Yes, China does have an economic incentive to pollute, that is correct.

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