>>1282570Gee, it's almost as if the countries with the largest population in the world might be the most polluting in the world. Sure, we might only produce 1.2% of the world's carbon emissions but you have to consider the fact that Australia only has 0.3% of the world's population. We produce about 15 tonnes of CO2 yearly per capita, twice as much as China's 6 tonnes per capita. It certainly isn't insignificant on the world stage when Australia is one of the most polluting countries per person.
That's not even taking into account that China and India are some of the world's largest producers of renewable energy in the world and are rapidly investing in new renewables, and our government... isn't.
Blaming other countries for producing so much pollution because they have to produce so much energy in the first place is rank hypocrisy if your own country isn't doing a single fucking thing to help. Just because the restaurant down the road throws out dumpsters full of garbage each week doesn't mean you can just litter anywhere because it's so much less in comparison.
