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Re:Reduction of Sulfur Emissions from Ships May Be Causing R... by lordnacho on Saturday August 05, 2023 @05:18AM (#37010359)
> Most of the world's new carbon emissions are coming from developing countries.

Isn't this because we're paying them to make stuff for us? Or is there some accounting of this where its their own consumption that causes it?

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Re:Reduction of Sulfur Emissions from Ships May Be Causing R... by omnimus on Saturday August 05, 2023 @05:28AM (#37010408)
Also why would developing countries have to limit carbon emissions more than non developing ones?
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Re:Reduction of Sulfur Emissions from Ships May Be Causing R... by Contusion3532 on Saturday August 05, 2023 @10:17AM (#37012236)
Exactly. The cumulative emissions of the United States dwarf the rest of the countries in the world[1].

The powerhouse that is the United States was built on the externality of carbon emissions. Now that the West has built their economies of this externality, they're trying to prevent developing nations from catching up by utilizing the same externality.

[1] https://www.carbonbrief.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/The-2...

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Re:Reduction of Sulfur Emissions from Ships May Be Causing R... by fasterik on Saturday August 05, 2023 @05:45AM (#37010493)
It's because they're industrializing, have higher population growth, and are primarily building coal power plants to keep up with it.
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