emissions down in last 10 months of 2024. Very likely that trailing 12 months are down too (not covered in article, but something they will pick up)

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    7 days ago

    The very graph you posted indicates that the US needs to reduce their CO2 emissions by 1/3 to meet the per capita emissions of China, and a good part of China’s energy consumption is producing goods that are used around the world. Their ratio of renewables to fossil is also increasing. Yes, that isn’t helping climate change, and yes, it is improving the state of things for Chinese people, but don’t pretend that a lot of this industry isn’t directly driven by the lifestyles of people in the developed world.

    It’s easy to point fingers at them for doing what the developed world has been doing for most of the last 200 years.

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      6 days ago

      you missing that china has 700 million more people than the us, their co2 output in real terms is absurd

      i don’t particularly care that an island of 50 people has the highest co2 output per capita because it pales in comparison to the sheer volume of co2 china puts out

      now look at the co2 output of india

      whole lot of people in the west lamenting that we’re not doing enough, for the last 20 years every kilo of co2 we in the weat squash with renewables india and china are picking up and producing two

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        6 days ago

        Well, I could counter that point, which I already said was valid, but I already gave those points and you completely ignored them. Continue as you are, I’m sure it gives some relief from any feelings of responsibility for your actions and the carbon emitted to allow it.

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          6 days ago

          Continue as you are, I’m sure it gives some relief from any feelings of responsibility for your actions and the carbon emitted to allow it.

          You’re free to help out, you can support me here https://ecologi.com/ikt

          But everyone in this joint seems to be dirt poor and struggling to put food on their family