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> China is left out because the government behavior there for the past few decades has been to deprioritize climate change entirely.

China is left out because their per capita income is lower than romania.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomi...

And their per capita CO2 emission is nothing. Most of china's emissions are to provide manufacturing goods to europe.

> European countries are likely where this innovation will be.

Europe isn't at the forefront of anything anymore.

> Right now both the US and China are the problem, this has nothing to do with “white”.

No. The problem is europe. And climate change is most definitely a white problem. It was a result of europe's decision to colonize, genocide and industrialize. On a per capita basis, europe at near the top of C02 emissions. You don't get to live a 1st world lifestyle without causing environmental harm.

The idea that china or india or africa has to fix a problem caused by europe is a non-starter.




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