ozboy wrote:afromanGT wrote:Quote:You need to read up on the delayed effects of CO2 and the way it accumulates in the atmosphere. That's not the point #-o The point is if China cut their pollution by a third you're reducing more than 10% of the world's pollution overnight. Stopping greenhouse gas emissions is like eating an elephant - one bite at a time. And taking such a massive bite will have a significant difference in the long run. Especially in a country that is LITERALLY suffocating its people with its pollution. And vice versa for Australia. It's all relative. And per capita is a great way of capturing personal responsibility. Looking to what China does (and they are doing something) is just a way of people justifying inaction/selfishness. Edited by ozboy: 24/2/2013 11:00:46 AM How does per capita capture personal responsibility? People can't be held responsible for a company they have nothing to do with's environmental policy. Like I said before, It should be calculated around GDP - how much you pollute in comparison to how productive a society you are. There's going to be a strong correlation between countries with a high population, low GDP and lower pollution (relative to other countries).
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