Stratagy for make western US carbon-negative

Originally posted by FabianFnas
In the year of 2009 China's emission was 7.2 tonnes per capita.
The same year USA's emission was 17.2 tonnes per capita.
China has a lot of habitants, yes, but calculated per capita USA is the bad guy of the world.

The planet could care less about per capita. The planet sees China producing slightly more than the US right now. They have 3 times the population so they are about the same as the us overall.

which is not absolving the US in the pollution department. The two countries together are making more pollution than the rest of the planet combined.

It is those two countries that have to lead the way to carbon neutral.

Originally posted by sonhouse
The planet could care less about per capita. The planet sees China producing slightly more than the US right now.

The planet could care less about country borders too. The planet only sees total global pollution not who is doing it. However, us as humans must place the blame and responsibility on the worst culprits, which is only fair to do per capita, leaving the US as the worst polluter by a long shot.

It is those two countries that have to lead the way to carbon neutral.
No, they don't have to 'lead the way'. They just have to do something substantial. Others have been leading the way for many years and probably will continue to do so.
To be fair however, the US should do far more than China on a per capita level ie they should get their pollution per person down to the same or better than Chinas pollution per capita - and they should do this before pointing fingers at anyone else.