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Comment by claydavisss | Hacker News Reader

California hardly has a Republican party at all anymore but produces more greenhouse gas than any other state.

And before you try to rationalize this with "per capita" arguments....you don't lose your home or get cancer "per capita"...the absolute numbers matter and California has higher absolute numbers than any other state.

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Texas produces nearly twice as much CO2 as California.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_carbon_...

2. https://www.eia.gov/environment/emissions/state/analysis/ima...

And before you try to rationalize this with "per capita" arguments

This is moronic. After all, the other 49 states combined produce more greenhouse gas than California. Don't try to rationalize that with "per capita" or "per land area" arguments, the absolute numbers matter.

your points are true at an individual level but CA is the 3rd largest state and has, by far, the largest population. It is roughly the same size and population as all of Spain, for example.

What state has the most people and largest economy?

Ok.

So since the USA has the largest global economy it should also get a pass? Good thing then we didn't sign the Paris Accord, being the largest economy and all.

The Chinese will also be happy to find out that by virtue of having the largest population, they also get a ready-made excuse.

You seem to be acting like California is not taking the most active steps among all the states for curbing emissions. I have absolutely no idea what point you're trying to make.

Your base argument is hugely flawed. Take a second look.

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