I could counter with another metric like percapita emissions/percapita gdp, which would show that we produce vastly more goods and services with our emissions vs China et al.
The problem is that we consume too many products and its not sustainable. That we have a higher GDP does not absolve us in the slightest, nor does it absolve us in the least. Precisely the exact opposite, we are pigs.
We don't produce many manufactured goods anymore, but I'm always looking for good statistics, not ones declared "true" that have been scraped off the Trumpist State Department website.
Services (and we are a service economy by a large margin as far as what we produce inside the U.S.), are less emissions-producing than manufacturing. But we sure don't mind importing the manufactured goods that we gobble up in great quantities. But maybe that's "Talmudic" I guess.
Instead of requiring China et al to install air scrubbers in their factories, let's tell little Johnny he can't have that lego set because he's killing the planet.
I don't know of any scrubbers for removing greenhouse gas emissions.
I'm not sure why this need to be said, but international companies moved production to third world countries in order to enrich themselves further because of the lack of relevant regulations. The consumer DID NOT DO THAT.
Bull shit. The consumers buy the Chinese made goods because they cost less. Yes, I know it's "progressive" to blame something or someone other than ourselves. No, its not progressive, its bullshit.
I also look outside and see the SUVs and pickup trucks that far outnumber plain old cars, and that's not something corporations are doing to us.
We live out in the weeds and drive our monster super pickup trucks and SUVs alone an hour each way to work so we can have bigger houses -- where the air conditioning comes on when it's half a degree above perfect, or we feel like we're living in hell.
And we must have our pets to validate us -- A medium size dog has about as much GHG impact as an SUV driven 12,000 miles per year (mostly from producing the meat it eats). But no. Squeeeee! We need animals bred to adore us to validate us.
Oh we must have those fancy planet-killing intercontinental vacations and cruises too, so we can bore everyone we know with the pictures.
and then we wag our moralistic fingers at "those people" who don't have those things.
Regardless, the planet, oceans, forests and critters don't care about a talmudic analysis of how to properly assign responsibility for pollution, this is one of those times where the simplest approach will be the most efficacious, it's long past time for developing countries to take responsibility for their pollution, and not blame consumers, population differences or whatever else.
Its also time we look at the biggest pigs on the planet, and that is us and take some responsibility. Talmudic? LOL. Red herring? LOL.
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