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Comment · 3 months ago
Reddit still thinks the EU represents democracy.
Comment · 3 months ago
But hundreds voted?

314 against, 276 in favor, 17 abstentions

Comment · 5 months ago
You don't know the meaning of the word you're using.

Immigrant (noun) A person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence.

Comment · 1 year ago
Per capita isn't the useful metric in this regard for the reason Palau illustrates. The climate cares about volume.

Per capita emissions is a way to assign relative sin by those who feel guilty about living large.

Bill Gates today, "This is a chance to refocus on the metric that should count even more than emissions and temperature change: improving lives. Our chief goal should be to prevent suffering, particularly for those in the toughest conditions who live in the world’s poorest countries. The biggest problems are poverty and disease, just as they always have been. Understanding this will let us focus our limited resources on interventions that will have the greatest impact for the most vulnerable people.”

Comment · 1 year ago
For context, here are the top 10 biggest footprints

1. China 26.16%

2 United States 11.53%

3. India 7.69%

4. Russia 3.75%

5. Brazil 3.16%

6. Indonesia 3.15%

7. Japan 2.15%

8. Iran 2.06%

9. Saudi Arabia 1.60%

10. Canada 1.54%

The top 10 countries account for about ~60% of global CO₂ emissions.

Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
It hasn't. It's been down since 2007 despite increased population.
Comment · 1 year ago

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