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If we (developed nations) could all lower our per capita carbon footprints to the levels of China, or even better India, we'd all be doing much better wouldn't
by patpatpat 7y ago
If we (developed nations) could all lower our per capita carbon footprints to the levels of China, or even better India, we'd all be doing much better wouldn't we?
https://cotap.org/per-capita-carbon-co2-emissions-by-country/ https://cotap.org/per-capita-carbon-co2-emissions-by-country...
- scottlocklin 7y agoChina's carbon per PPP-GDP is about twice as bad as most developed countries, so you're either proposing making everyone poor, or making everyone's economy more carbon inefficient. Either way the answer is "no." https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.ATM.CO2E.PP.GD?most_recent_value_desc=true&view=map https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.ATM.CO2E.PP.GD?most_...