• @ZMoney@lemmy.world
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    84 months ago

    There’s something called an environmental Kuznets curve that suggests that a population will sacrifice environmental health to industrial degradation in favor of per capita income up to a point, after which they are affluent enough to care, and after this environmental health improves. China seems to be at the inflection point.

    • @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      34 months ago

      They were at the inflection point back in 2008. They’ve been full tilt towards the improvement side of the curve for nearly two decades.