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by djohnston
1413 days ago
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But even if US citizens dropped per capita consumption to that of avg Chinese citizen, it wouldn't make a difference if the absolute volume of emissions into the atmosphere from China still dwarfed the impact of that change in the US. The point is that, while restricting lifestyles and carbon emissions in the West is fair, it's ultimately pointless w.r.t climate change. |
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First off, it literally would make a difference in the the absolute volume. 7 tons/person is objectively less than 15tons/person.
IF your point is simply that the US can't stop climate change all by itself, then of course you are correct.
Climate change is not a binary situation. it can be more or less extreme.
Do you throw your trash on the street just because someone else did? Less trash is obviously better than more trash.