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This is incorrect. China is ~double the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c
by harryh 7y ago
This is incorrect. China is ~double the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...
- titzer 7y agoHere is data on total emissions over time. https://ourworldindata.org/co2-and-other-greenhouse-gas-emissions#cumulative-co2-emissions https://ourworldindata.org/co2-and-other-greenhouse-gas-emis... edit: being nicer
- harryh 7y agoAh, OK. This is all time total. I was referring to current annual emissions. Definitely two different things. At projected rates when will China "catch up" in terms of all time total?
- nicoburns 7y agoThis shows the US having per-capita emissions of roughly twice the EU and China (2017). I imagine it will be a good while until China catches up by that metric... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...
- titzer 7y agoJust back of the envelope calculation, according to my link the US emitted 400B tons total and China is emitting ~10.8B annually now, so that'd be 37 years with no growth. So yes, the US is in a really deep hole here.
- imtringued 7y agoIt wouldn't surprise me if the Chinese somehow manage to never exceed 400B tons.
- harryh 7y agoThey're already at 200B and the rate is currently at 10B/year and rising rapidly. So I strongly suspect they will.
- titzer 7y agoWhoops, right. I forgot to subtract what they had already emitted. So it puts it more like ~20 years away.
- perfunctory 7y agoDid you also forget to add what US keeps emitting?