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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

learn what per capita means so you stop embarrassing yourself

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I've found this point amazingly hard to beat into people's noggins. Some will even say that per capita doesn't matter, and give some bullshit reason. The lack of logical thinking astounds me.

[–] Kulun@mander.xyz 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Meanwhile US/EU overwhelmingly responsible for emissions despite outsourcing a bunch of their production to countries like China.

learn what per capita means so you stop embarrassing yourself

Surprise, surprise:

Top 10 Countries with the Highest CO₂ Emissions Per Capita (Unit: million tons CO₂) - 2020 EDGAR:

Palau - 55.29
Qatar - 35.64
New Caledonia - 25.52
Trinidad & Tobago - 21.97
Bahrain - 21.60
Kuwait - 20.91
United Arab Emirates - 20.70
Brunei - 17.95
Saudi Arabia - 16.96
Oman - 16.90

You are welcome.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

I like to source my claims instead of pulling them out of my ass, you're welcome:

https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-per-capita/