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US emissions have been steadily dropping. This information is absurdly easy to find. Given how shallow your understanding of the facts is, explain to me on what
by tengbretson 6y ago
US emissions have been steadily dropping. This information is absurdly easy to find. Given how shallow your understanding of the facts is, explain to me on what basis you have formed these ideas about what the US, China and other nations should start or stop doing.
- noobermin 6y agoRelative to when? If you choose 2005 on these graphs[0] then yes, or it can look flat like it does to me since 1990. [0] https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/inventory-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-sinks https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/inventory-us-greenhouse-gas... fig
- LatteLazy 6y agoUS emissions are 17 tonnes of CO2 per capita. France is 5.5, the UK is 6. US emissions are down about 25 percent from peak. France cut theirs by 40 percent already. If some says "I accept the science and the responsibility, but I don't want to cut my emissions so fuck it", I might not like it but its honest. Pretending the US isn't vastly worse and making much less progress than other countries isn't even honest. https://ourworldindata.org/co2/country/france?country=FRA~GBR~USA https://ourworldindata.org/co2/country/france?country=FRA~GB...