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Originally posted by madamswer:
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"Western / developed countries need to lead the way for several reasons including because they are the countries with the resources to develop the new technologies required, & to show leadership (ie not giving countries the lame excuse of why should we bother because we're such a small number?" risen by almost two-and-a-half times during the period when developed countries have been reducing their emissions."Australia has one of the highest per capita emissions in the world & as a socially responsible citizen of the planet must share it's part in reducing emissions globally." per capita emissions are declining as follows (figures in tonnes per capita of CO2 emissions):"As for the developing countries they should be assisted by financing & installing renewable power generation instead of fossil fuels ones for their development." "ie go from A to C rather than A to B to C."
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Per capita is an intellectually dishonest measure of our emissions. Either you don't understand that or you are being intentionally dishonest. No serious person uses that measure when talking about Australia's very substantial emissions.
