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But is China opening those coal stations to power factories that export things to the developed world or to power internal demand? Should the pollution of a product get counted in the producing or the consuming country?

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Consuming. Always. Assign the "blame" however you want but the only person who can stop polluting is the person actually asking for the polluting to be done.

"I turn a blind eye to the consequences of my needs/desires" has never been a valid justification for anything.

wish you'd have expressed this better. Your argument is sound but your sarcasm gave a pretext to those not wanting to hear. Now you are dismissed out of hand on shallow grounds.

I actually don't have strong arguments in favour of what I wrote. My personal point is that it's a complex subject. And you should not deal absolute in such complex subjects.

Having two completely different point of view expressed almost exactly the same ways brings balance to the discussion and leaves the reader with the decision of who is "right" or "wrong". And hopefully will answer "neither". Which is the ultimate goal.

Producing. Always. Assign the "blame" however you want but the only person who can stop polluting is the person actually doing the polluting.

"Look what you made me do" has never been a valid justification for anything.

If you look at consumption vs production co2 emissions statistics they're pretty close. Manufacturing isn't a huge portion of emissions, and we export a lot of goods to China as well.

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