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by Benmcdonald__ 2021 days ago
China has a modern infrastructure with electric transportation and investing in green energy. Their emissions per capital are low

The real problem is the US. High per capital emissions and weak commitments to reduce emissions

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Both are big polluters, both are real problems.
Emissions per capita are low because a lot of the population lives in poverty outside the city or in the city on the margins. It is not an eco-utopia.
Even the rich lifestyles are greener than in America

Manufacturing is dirty but then the whole world consumes these goods so that's not only a China problem

The US is free to plunge millions of its own citizens into poverty to take advantage of this "loophole" if it wishes.
> Their emissions per capital are low

Well I do see far more electric vehicles in Beijing and in Washington DC if that's what you mean