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by raven12345 25 days ago
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/co-emissions-per-capita

USA 14.2

Canada 13.42

China 8.66

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Per capita is not a useful metric in this measurement. Why is that such a theme?
Bruh, When there's no data, you ask, "According to whom?" When you have data, you ask, "Why is that such a theme?"
...why wouldn't it be? Who cares if e.g. Greenland has near-zero total emissions if nearly nobody lives there? Emissions are a cost of human existence, of course absolute emissions should scale with population.