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		unnouinceput on May 10, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The world has probably passed peak pollution 2B humans out of 8B are in China. You do not have numbers for China nor, if you manage to get it, can those be trusted anyway. I feel that while the West started the downtrend, China will not offset that but surely pass as how much pollutants it spews. We are not out of the woods until China gets on board too.

iamthemonster on May 10, 2024 | [–]

I think I trust the numbers for China more than your estimate of China's population which is out by 43%

unnouinceput on May 10, 2024 | | [–]

If you really think the official numbers spilled by the communist party from there is the truth then I have a bridge to sell to you.

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