> For all the wind and solar installed by the rich countries, poor countries are happy for the cheaper coal. Rich countries still burn plenty of coal. The US r

> For all the wind and solar installed by the rich countries, poor countries are happy for the cheaper coal. Rich countries still burn plenty of coal. The US ranks 11th globally in per-capita coal consumption, burning 1.6 tons of coal annually, over twice the global average. Australia nearly tops the list, burning 2.8 tons per person. And that's not even touching the truly tremendous amounts of gasoline wasted on individual commuters in first world countries, or the historical emissions used by the "rich" countries to establish their economies. https://www.statista.com/statistics/604946/per-capita-coal-consumption-in-selected-countries/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/604946/per-capita-coal-c... https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/coal-consumption-per-capita?tab=table&time=earliest..latest https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/coal-consumption-per-capi...