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Originally Posted by kypez
Before we get all high and mighty about India and China, they actually pollute quite low per capita. It is that they have huge populations from being older civilisations. Australia and especially USA have grown much more rapidly. Who knows how India and China would've fared today had the Brits not stuffed the places.
The focus on CO2 is also only part of the pie as well.
No, I don't feel dirty living in Australia but we'd be wise not to let it get to that point before we think we need to act.
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First, I don't consider carbon dioxide to be a pollutant/hazard. Without it, there would be no life on Earth.
Whilst their per capita numbers appear to be low, even if they are accurate they are very quickly catching up to the US and Europe. When that happens (and with the actual nasties they emit like it was going out of fashion), Australia won't even be a statistical margin of error entry.