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afh1 | 7 months ago

China.

Seems like a deliberate effort not to mention it in the title and abstract, despite the text clearly defining "East Asia" as "mainly China".

Also major contributor to plastic pollution in the ocean (from rivers) and #1 in CO2 emissions. All the while western economies hurt themselves and consumers in vain efforts instead of being serious about the issue and confronting its major contributor.

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Al-Khwarizmi|7 months ago

It's a scientific paper, they need to be precise with language. Saying "East Asia" in the title and then specifying in the paper that most of the impact comes from China is precise. Saying "China" in the title would be misleading, saying "mostly China" would be incomplete and imprecise.

2OEH8eoCRo0|7 months ago

If they put China in the title it'll be flagged

swed420|7 months ago

China is currently the one setting a good example on the global stage:

https://old.reddit.com/r/stupidpol/comments/1lvoi0x/theres_a...

Meanwhile, US leadership is on team "Drill baby, drill"

billy99k|7 months ago

Slave labor and authoritarianism is a 'good example' on the global stage? I also have a hard time believing they are really curbing pollution. They are still building coal plants on a monthly basis.

budududuroiu|7 months ago

Who is China producing FOR tho? Doesn’t seem like a fair assessment

__rito__|7 months ago

Per capita consumption is a much better metric for deciding who is more responsible for the pollution, which will point the finger right back to... the West [0].

    India: 1.2 tonnes CO2/person/year.
    China: 7.2 tonnes CO2/person/year.
    Russia: 10.1 tonnes CO2/person/year.
    Canada, Australia: 12.9 tonnes CO2/person/year.
    USA: 16.5 tonnes CO2/person/year.

[0]: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/consumption-co2-per-capit...

Aunche|7 months ago

What exactly has the US done to hurt their economy? They have subsidized green energy, but China does that to a much greater extent.

Cordiali|7 months ago

The article is about reducing pollution, so in this context, they're doing a good thing.

sanp|7 months ago

This is a case of China trying to reduce pollution. Reduce aerosol emissions. The impact of this is lower cooling (aerosol interaction results in atmospheric cooling)