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[-] ntzm@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago

Whataboutism, the west contributes significantly more per capita than China. Yes they should be doing more but it's better focused elsewhere

[-] cooljacob204@kbin.social 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How is this whataboutism? Who said anything about the West or East vs West?

If anything this comment is about how China continues to increase their carbon emissions per capita year over year while the west is doing the opposite.

Edit: In fact the EU produces less then China per capita...

[-] hystericallymad@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago

Crazy thing about it, in the end, it doesn't even fucking matter where the emissions come from, just that there are the emissions to begin with.

[-] Signtist@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

I didn't get the sense that they're saying China's the sole reason for pollution - we all understand that it's an issue globally - that article is just showing an example of how, instead of fixing the problem, the powerhouse countries of the world are doubling down on pollution.

[-] sjatar@sjatar.net 7 points 1 year ago

It's better to focus everywhere. Not gonna solve this by shifting blame. That goes for EU/US shifting blame to China as well.

this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2023
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