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Showing Original Post only (View all)This is why the Earth is screwed. And no, your Tesla and digital thermostat don't help. [View all]
In just 48 years, the world population has doubled in size, jumping from four to eight billion. Of course, humans are not equally spread throughout the planet, and countries take all shapes and sizes. The visualizations in this article aim to build context on how the eight billion people are distributed around the world.
China + India + Pakistan = 10x US population.
CO2 footprint, per capita in China/India and Pakistan is growing around 5% per year... reflecting billions of people getting access to modern amenities.
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This is why the Earth is screwed. And no, your Tesla and digital thermostat don't help. [View all]
WarGamer
Sep 2022
OP
yeah... the "haves" will be tremendously advantaged in the future climate situation.
WarGamer
Sep 2022
#27
No, my answer is to educate people to act ethically and make it easy for them to do so.
meadowlander
Sep 2022
#32
Tens of millions of people are already doing this but I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.
meadowlander
Sep 2022
#36
This is literally the justification that Samuel L. Jackson's character used in Kingsman.
Initech
Sep 2022
#15
The average Indian or Pakistani individual has about 1/10th the footprint of an American
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2022
#25