orangutanoz t1_iszec47 wrote on October 19, 2022 at 8:29 PM

Reply to comment by Talldarkn67 in Australia can Slash Emissions 81% by 2030 using six Existing Technologies by DisasterousGiraffe

Australia is the highest per capita polluter.

Kunama_Namadgi t1_it1minj wrote on October 20, 2022 at 8:02 AM

No it isn’t it is #13, we can do better but that is a blatant lie. Australia is just and I mean just ahead of the US and Canada.

orangutanoz t1_it1mwwy wrote on October 20, 2022 at 8:08 AM

https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/12/australia-shown-to-have-highest-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-coal-in-world-on-per-capita-basis

I don’t know shit. My bad for taking the Guardian’s word for it.

Edit: I meant in terms of coal but I just had surgery and didn’t properly look up the static I was referring to until just now. Feeling much less goofy now thanks.

Kunama_Namadgi t1_it1nl5h wrote on October 20, 2022 at 8:19 AM

Definitely, that is only of a select group of countries. As per usual terrible cherry picked journalism.

https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-per-capita/

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/interactive-how-australia-compares-to-the-rest-of-the-world-on-co2-emissions/7oooxwnnm

Kunama_Namadgi t1_it1nsba wrote on October 20, 2022 at 8:22 AM

That’s fine mate we can do better and are making massive strides but don’t need false stats. The state I live in is carbon neutral and even sales of new cars have been banned ACT. A small area admittedly but it’s a step in the right direction.