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Re:Observation-based early-warning signals for a collapse of... by octodog on Thursday August 05, 2021 @06:37PM (#28080963)
Per capita emissions are extremely relevant because it indicates which countries need to implement drastic changes.

The US, Canada and Australia together make up roughly 20% of global emissions with approximately 5% of the global population. Regardless of how you slice it these countries need to take serious action.

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Re:Observation-based early-warning signals for a collapse of... by relax88 on Thursday August 05, 2021 @06:56PM (#28081154)
Who do we attribute the emissions to when Canadian metallurgical coal is used to make steel in China for a wind turbine base being constructed in Germany?

You’ll notice that per-capita emissions are highly correlated with the list of countries that export fossil fuels.

I agree with your point but per capita emissions alone is a gross oversimplification.

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Re:Observation-based early-warning signals for a collapse of... by Overton-Window on Thursday August 05, 2021 @06:46PM (#28081046)
The hole in the stern of the ship is taking on 30L of water per second. The hole in the bow of the ship is taking on 20L of water per second.

Let's just focus on plugging the latter shall we, while we all go down together.

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