I could have gone to President Xi or Modi and said, no, we're only going to do something if you do exactly what we do. But that wouldn't have taken into account the fact that On a per capita basis, each American has a much bigger carbon footprint than [China and India]. they do. They're at a different stage of development. In India, you've got a third of the country that still doesn't have electricity. They need energy. (38:39–38:45)
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Asserts that Americans have a larger per capita carbon footprint than people in China and India.
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