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internet2000today at 3:51 PM3 repliesview on HN

It's hard to have people use data in these types of conversations, so I'll just link two charts.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/co-emissions-per-capita and https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-co-emissions-by-re...

Notice which countries are going down. Notice which countries are going up.


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Faaaktoday at 4:15 PM

That's such a narrow minded point of view. Yeah, who produces your laptop ? Your lawnmower ? Heck, even your knifes ?

Tadpole9181today at 4:22 PM

Hey, quick question, who does virtually all manufacturing for US and Canadian and EU citizens? And why is the rise of Chinas emissions so coincidentally timed to the fall of those countries'?

I didn't go into the study, but looking at all the little text blurbs about the numbers, I don't see anything about if a US citizen purchasing a product that's made in China counts as US emission, as it obviously should.

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