[Sephiroth]

Ian’s linked article does not destroy the UK’s 1% contribution argument for a number of reasons.

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The article is heavy on per capita emissions. They are irrelevant. It’s the number of tonnes of emissions that counts and nothing else. See China & India for details in a manner not expressed in the article.

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The article praises China on the one hand for its commitment to wind down on carbon emissions, but criticises the 1% argument for having China manufacture our stuff.

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The article does not address an important question for the UK: should we make our population go broke for the sake of our 1%, being forced to buy expensive heat pumps, rip out radiators for larger ones that won’t fit under the window, etc?

The scientists would be better employed calculating the temperature rise based on India’s and China’s plans for de-carbonisation and then finding solutions to the climate issues that would ensue.

And you, Ian, need to get real and stop virtue signalling.




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Originally Posted by 1andrew1

If we followed the 1% is insignificant logic, we would divide bigger countries into many smaller ones so each contributed only1% to global warming which is insignificant so no action is required by anyone.

How silly is that? There is no practical logic to that piece of theory.

The fact is that the matters under our control are those being addressed by the government, which is where our 1% comes into play.

Our 1% is important in the round, because it is part of a world collective effort (at least I hope the collective part really happens).