People in here seem to question why it’s not the North, being responsible for the vast majority of emissions.
Rich countries have factories and cars, but also a technological standard and environmental regulations. Both limit the amount of air pollution (think dust particles) while greenhouse gases (like CO2) are something else.
Now think of a poor country with low regulations and old technology. People in slums burn literal dirt in their ovens. While they contribute almost nothing to climate change, air quality reflects the quality of fuels, ovens, engines and regulations. It’s poor.
This is just a general take. I opened the article, but immediately closed it due to popups and eyesore.
You see it with everything from food quality, cigarettes, fuel. The standards set in the West prevent so much random shit we never acknowledge.
epicenter
I do not think it means what you think it means.
Epicentre - (formal) the central point of something
edit: spelling
The epicenter is not the center; it’s a point above the center. It’s from seismology. An earthquake’s origin is beneath the earth’s surface. The epicenter is the point on the surface that’s directly above the origin point.
Yes, it is used like that. However, not just in english, but in many languages, epicentre is sometimes used with the meaning of “centre of something”.
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This is what happens when you continue to burn coal to help lift people from poverty. There has to be a better way.
There is, but coal is cheap, when you only look at what it costs before you set it on fire.
