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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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notTooFarGone ◴[] No.45108778[source]
So tell me why are you using absolute numbers?
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gorwell ◴[] No.45108800[source]
Those are the numbers that matter. Percentages are how you lie with statistics.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-co2-emissions-per-...

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1. nerpderp82 ◴[] No.45109027[source]
There is a great book on this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Lie_with_Statistics

But you have to know enough statistics to be sneaky with it.