This map would be way more interesting if it was normalized per capita or some other meaningful denominator. Only then does it make sense to point fingers.

[–] Specal@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

UK has a higher population than Canada but had a lower rating on this scale. So that's not strictly true.

[–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not to mention India and China vs. the US

Total emissions would tell a different story but population is not the only factor here

[–] Specal@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

A few of the dimwits I work with use china alot as a reason to not do anything about climate change because they keep building coal plants but... The coal plants they build are more efficient.

According to this chart the UK is doing well but we can still do better and we should keep doing more.

[–] volodya_ilich@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

China and India have 5 times the population of the USA, and yet are 1 order of magnitude or more below the USA. You're not making sense here

[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 months ago

It's about future oil and gas expansion (FOGE), what matters to the atmosphere is the total - identifying potential threat. Effectively multiplying FOGE by area (as shown) doesn't make sense, but neither does FOGE per capita (as most is exported, not consumed locally). I'd suggest just a sized blob for each country - then can show some other dimension with the color.