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by elgabogringo 3610 days ago
If he/we really cared about CO2 production and Global warming externalities, we'd put a massive tax on service/product from China or India, whose CO2 production continues to grow:

http://blogs.nelson.wisc.edu/es112-304-4/wp-content/uploads/...

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And on services/products from the USA, right? Per capita we're using more energy and producing more CO2 than China and India and almost everywhere else. (Australia looks about the same. The UAE appears to be at the top.)

Also, per the chart you've linked, India's CO2 production looks quite low. Not sure why you're lumping them in with China.

In the larger picture, we hope that as standards of living rise in China and India, carbon use will improve ( decline ).