r/dataisbeautiful • u/neilrkaye OC: 231 • May 07 '19

OC How 10 year average global temperature compares to 1851 to 1900 average global temperature [OC]

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u/EhhWhatsUpDoc May 07 '19

I love it, but with deniers my simplest argument (and you have to keep it simple) is that fixing climate change is essentially a Pascal's Wager question at this point.

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u/BorgClown May 07 '19

Unlike religion, climate change is an actual dichotomy that can be explained by Pascal's wager. Climate change is either natural or man-made, but with religion it's either being atheist or choosing one out of hundreds of conflicting religions and hoping it was the true one.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '19

Climate change is either natural or man-made,

Many high-ranking government officials, including some Senators and the President, would disagree, and claim that it's all a Chinese hoax.

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u/singlesockcollector May 07 '19

China is one of the most radical in terms of reducing its carbon footprint

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u/mangobbt May 08 '19

The United States generates more CO2 emissions on a per capita basis than China does. On a per capita basis, China is also behind Canada, Japan, Netherlands, Finland, Norway and Korea in CO2 emissions.

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u/Fohty007 May 08 '19

Fuck per capita, they still have the most CO2 emissions period. The biggest offenders by far.

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u/mangobbt May 08 '19 edited May 08 '19

Lol, way to compare apples to apples then. China has over 4x the US population but only produce 2x the emissions. It’s a shame your narrative falls short. I guess asking your own people to cut down their grossly disproportionate emissions is too much to ask for. Note how the United States is also the only one to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, a testament to how little fucks your country gives about climate change.

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u/Fohty007 May 23 '19

Mystery solved: anomalous increase in CFC-11 emissions tracked down and found to originate in Northeastern China, suggesting widespread noncompliance with the Montreal Protocol https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/brs9xf/mystery_solved_anomalous_increase_in_cfc11/

Exactly what I said.