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U.S. Emissions Rise 4.2%, China's Fall 2.7%

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196 points triceratops | 1 comments | 02 Sep 25 20:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.222s | source
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Alifatisk ◴[02 Sep 25 20:42 UTC] 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 ◴[02 Sep 25 20:49 UTC] 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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bialpio ◴[02 Sep 25 21:00 UTC] No.45108987[source]▶
Per capita is a better metric but it's worth noting that China is world's factory - it's easy to reduce emissions if you offshore a lot of your production elsewhere...
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beej71 ◴[03 Sep 25 02:10 UTC] No.45111566[source]▶
And China has the US beat per capita in emissions.
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1. card_zero ◴[03 Sep 25 11:42 UTC] No.45114596[source]▶
Those people aren't making decisions. Measure emissions per government. They have one government.

The factories are responsible for the pollution from goods, and the state is responsible for the factories it controls.