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gandalf013 on Aug 9, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for human...

India's population is approximately 4.5 times that of USA, so the actual ratio is "one American is emitting 35 Indians worth of carbon emissions".

rhaps0dy on Aug 9, 2021 [–]

These numbers are already per capita, so the population difference is already accounted for.

So one USian emits as much as 9 Indians. Which is still a lot.

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