Isn’t just counting the developed world missing the problem though? We also moved all of our manufacturing to the developing world at the same time and they saw a much greater increase.
Shipping stuff around the world and moving your pollution to Asia doesn’t do much good when we all share the same atmosphere.
This is really interesting; I wasn't aware. That said, "per capita" is the wrong metric since we're discussing humanity in aggregate. I might still be wrong about energy in general, however. In any case, I think the broader principle holds.
Shipping stuff around the world and moving your pollution to Asia doesn’t do much good when we all share the same atmosphere.