BrownMan65

BrownMan65 t1_iv2jfdi wrote

Reply to comment by Holiday_Newspaper_29 in Toxic smog turns India's capital "into a gas chamber" by cyberpunk6066

Right but it's not useful in this conversation. Obviously overpopulation is a problem, but that's only relevant if you're talking about killing half of their population right now. Otherwise the situation is what it is and it the populations energy needs still have to be addressed. On top of that though, the US and Europe emits more CO2 per capita than India.

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BrownMan65 t1_iv1t8y7 wrote

Reply to comment by evert198201 in Toxic smog turns India's capital "into a gas chamber" by cyberpunk6066

>Yeh and meanwhile blaming 'the west' for CO2 emissions

The US alone makes up for 25% of the CO2 emissions over the last century. In comparison, China with a population of 1.4 billion people makes up 11%. India with a population of 1.3 billion is less than that. Europe as a whole has a smaller population than both China and India and makes up 20% of CO2 emissions.

On top of this, during that century while the US and Europe were polluting our atmosphere, they were also able to develop to the point that they are at today. China and India did not have that luxury and are now playing catch up. Additionally, they're doing it with a lower per capita emission rate than the US even today.

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BrownMan65 t1_iv1seqi wrote

Reply to comment by BigE1263 in Toxic smog turns India's capital "into a gas chamber" by cyberpunk6066

They have 1.3 billion people in a country half the size of America. It's not really that easy to curb emissions especially when they're still working on developing the country. Non-renewable energy sources simply cost less than other renewable sources would and so it's not really hard to see why their situation is the way it is.

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