← Back to context Comment by notTooFarGone 6 months ago So tell me why are you using absolute numbers? 8 comments notTooFarGone Reply gorwell 6 months ago Those are the numbers that matter. Percentages are how you lie with statistics.https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-co2-emissions-per-... nerpderp82 6 months ago There is a great book on this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Lie_with_StatisticsBut you have to know enough statistics to be sneaky with it. lotsofpulp 6 months ago Globally, the total matters. By country, the per capita matters. _aavaa_ 6 months ago Disagree. What matters is the absolute number, and the direction that number is going in. zzzoom 6 months ago What matters is that the US' number keeps growing. gorwell 6 months ago It hasn't. It's been down since 2007 despite increased population. 1 reply →
gorwell 6 months ago Those are the numbers that matter. Percentages are how you lie with statistics.https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-co2-emissions-per-... nerpderp82 6 months ago There is a great book on this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Lie_with_StatisticsBut you have to know enough statistics to be sneaky with it. lotsofpulp 6 months ago Globally, the total matters. By country, the per capita matters. _aavaa_ 6 months ago Disagree. What matters is the absolute number, and the direction that number is going in. zzzoom 6 months ago What matters is that the US' number keeps growing. gorwell 6 months ago It hasn't. It's been down since 2007 despite increased population. 1 reply →
nerpderp82 6 months ago There is a great book on this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Lie_with_StatisticsBut you have to know enough statistics to be sneaky with it.
lotsofpulp 6 months ago Globally, the total matters. By country, the per capita matters. _aavaa_ 6 months ago Disagree. What matters is the absolute number, and the direction that number is going in.
_aavaa_ 6 months ago Disagree. What matters is the absolute number, and the direction that number is going in.
zzzoom 6 months ago What matters is that the US' number keeps growing. gorwell 6 months ago It hasn't. It's been down since 2007 despite increased population. 1 reply →
Those are the numbers that matter. Percentages are how you lie with statistics.
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/annual-co2-emissions-per-...
There is a great book on this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Lie_with_Statistics
But you have to know enough statistics to be sneaky with it.
Globally, the total matters. By country, the per capita matters.
Disagree. What matters is the absolute number, and the direction that number is going in.
What matters is that the US' number keeps growing.
It hasn't. It's been down since 2007 despite increased population.
1 reply →