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by robocat 11 days ago
China produces over 2x the CO2 of the US.

Although China is also the world's largest exporter of CO2 (embedded in products and services), the US is still behind.

Current climate change really depends on cumulative historical CO2 emissions, where the US still leads.

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And how much of the China’s production is on behalf of western companies?

We just outsourced our production to circumvent inconvenient laws like environmental protection and human rights.

We should add that to a country’s CO2 budget, at least partially