Comment on Last year China generated almost 3 times as much solar power as the EU did, and it's close to overtaking all OECD countries put together (whose combined population is 1.38 billion people)

• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Why is Polution per GDP a better measure?

  They wanted a measure that makes China look better.

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• AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s a better measure because western countries outsource manufacturing and associated pollutions to other countries and then pretend to be green.

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  • finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨53⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    And China is continuing to increase market share on goods like electronics and vehicles, by choice.

    The USA has the highest GDP in the world and has a CO2 per GDP of 0.26 to Chinas 0.44. Are you saying China is just pretending to be green and the USA is a beacon of hope for the environment?

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    • AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.com ⁨27⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

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      • finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨25⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        I am not comparing them with USD, the user who brought up GDP did because their source specifies it.

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