• MrMakabar
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    7 days ago

    Yeah what a shame that the UK still allows some form of protest and does not just shoot them like the Chinese. /s

    Seriously the UK is the fithed largest cumulative emitter and even though that is over litterally centuries even recent emissions are well above the global average. Combine that with a government, which allows even more oil and gas drilling, while even opening up a new coal mine. The UK is doing better then quite a few other countries, but it is not exactly great.

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      7 days ago

      The UK is doing great per capita, for an industrialized country. Even if they have histpry, theyve since corrected.

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        7 days ago

        If every country did as great as the UK per capita we would be completely and irrevocably fucked.

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        The UK offshored most of its emissions. So as soon as you adjust for that it is about at the level of the EU on a per capita bases. However the EU has much more laws passed to actually reduce emissions in the coming years.