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China is a massive polluter as is the US. China has 3x the population. The US, historically, is the largest polluter...... how does any of this help us? The world will pull together for systemic change..... or it will not and face the consequences.
China is a massive polluter as is the US. China has 3x the population. The US, historically, is the largest polluter...... how does any of this help us? The world will pull together for systemic change..... or it will not and face the consequences.
Top 10 polluters
China, with more than 10,065 million tons of CO2 released.
United States, with 5,416 million tons of CO2.
India, with 2,654 million tons of CO2.
Russia, with 1,711 million tons of CO2.
Japan, 1,162 million tons of CO2.
Germany, 759 million tons of CO2.
Iran, 720 million tons of CO2.
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They don't claim that NOTHING they make is made in China, and they clearly outline why some of their manufacturing does happen in China, and they also outline a number of partnerships they've got with independent verification firms to ensure fair working conditions, fair pay, and lowered environmental impact.
Nobody's saying they're perfect, but there's a humongous chasm between "we're doing as much as we physically can to keep our work fair" and "Lol, Made in China by who knows who?".
Something similar happens with the chocolate industry. You're going to find a huge difference in openness between Wal-Mart brand generic chocolate and something like Tony's Chocolonely - where they're realistic about the prospect of entirely eliminating slave work from the chocolate industry, but doing their best to pay fairly and also verify and shut down instances of unfair labor practices.
Also, not to defend China, but per-capita, Canada, the US, Australia, Korea, Russia, Japan, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Poland, among others, pollute more per-capita, with the US and Canada polluting a bit under twice as much per-person, if we're measuring CO2 output.
I'm comparing Patagonia to Tony's. They see something in their product line that's bad for workers or the environment and, whenever possible, they'll change the behavior. They're making huge efforts to be transparent about issues in their supply chain and doing everything in their power to change it.
The US has a population of like 333 million, China has a population of 1.4 BILLION.
Not to mention the fact that a large chunk of the world has exported their production to China.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting that China is good, they're an environmental nightmare, just that your stat is bad because you're trying to make the US look like they're doing well here despite being in the top 5 just because China's stats look bad at face value.
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Top 10 polluters
China, with more than 10,065 million tons of CO2 released.
United States, with 5,416 million tons of CO2.
India, with 2,654 million tons of CO2.
Russia, with 1,711 million tons of CO2.
Japan, 1,162 million tons of CO2.
Germany, 759 million tons of CO2.
Iran, 720 million tons of CO2.
You also have failed to account for America exporting much of its production offshore to other countries (especially to China), and how American consumers are inextricably linked to the carbon emissions output by Chinese production. Adjust for that, and you'll get closer to understanding just how wide that gap is between per capita energy consumption of both countries, and also hopefully realize why you sound foolish here.
References:
https://www.vox.com/energy-and-en...-emissions
https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/...-emissions
https://www.scientifica
https://www.statista.co
https://www.belfercente
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1312860111
https://public.wsu.edu/~mreed/380...mption.ht
While you're at it, watch a video made just for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj_ficQ
And a well made educational clip meant for classrooms that might do you good to watch over: https://www.storyofstuf
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You also have failed to account for America exporting much of its production offshore to other countries (especially to China), and how American consumers are inextricably linked to the carbon emissions output by Chinese production. Adjust for that, and you'll get closer to understanding just how wide that gap is between per capita energy consumption of both countries, and also hopefully realize why you sound foolish here.
References:
https://www.vox.com/energy-and-en...-emissions
https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/...-emissions
https://www.scientifica
https://www.statista.co
https://www.belfercente
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1312860111
https://public.wsu.edu/~mreed/380...mption.ht
While you're at it, watch a video made just for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj_ficQ
And a well made educational clip meant for classrooms that might do you good to watch over: https://www.storyofstuf
You also have Vox as your top reference, meaning nothing you wrote above it carries any weight at all.