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Alifatisk ◴[] No.45108766[source]
Good news for China, bad news for US. But don't forget China still emit 16B compared to US who emit 6B tons of CO2

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/pollution...

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Liwink ◴[] No.45108850[source]
> But don't forget China still emit 16B compared to US who emit 6B tons of CO2

China has 1.4 billion people, while U.S. has 340 million people.

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1. closewith ◴[] No.45108929[source]
And the US, like most of the West, had outsourced their most carbon intensive manufacturing.
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2. tonfa ◴[] No.45109293[source]
And looking at historical emissions, US contributed 25% of all emissions vs China 15%.