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> It is the reason why the US is number one at producing greenhouse gases. This is incorrect. China currently holds this spot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L

> It is the reason why the US is number one at producing greenhouse gases. This is incorrect. China currently holds this spot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_greenhouse_gas_emissions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_greenhous...

deltaonefour 5y ago
per capita is the more accurate measure. Yeah I note my mistake in another reply. Even so, the US historically took the number one spot for both total greenhouse gases and greenhouse gases per capita. If you look at it from a perspective of a longer timespan, the US is basically number one. It is only in recent times does the US now currently take the number two spots for both categories.
- IngoBlechschmid 5y ago
  Indeed. Here is an animation of the cumulative emissions starting 1750: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx85qK1ztAc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx85qK1ztAc The US come in first, my home country Germany takes the fourth spot.
Tiktaalik 5y ago
Yeah this is because the USA has offloaded making all its stuff to China. With this in mind the USA CO2 number is even worse than it first appears.
- theli0nheart 5y ago
  Are you saying that emissions shouldn't be attributed to the country they're generated in? If so, that's certainly an interesting perspective.
  - andi999 5y ago
    Technically it shdnt. Just imagine you send your oil to another country to produce stuff for you, should the carbon emission for that be counted for country A or B? I think clearly country A. Now what if the oil doesn't come from country A but is bought from the money for the goods from country C. Well, technically you shdnt attribute it to country B. Either A or C.
  - deltaonefour 5y ago
    The attribution is much more grey with the advent of so much globalization. As humans we like to pin the blame on a singular entity but the real world is far more complicated.

deltaonefour 5y ago

per capita is the more accurate measure. Yeah I note my mistake in another reply. Even so, the US historically took the number one spot for both total greenhouse gases and greenhouse gases per capita. If you look at it from a perspective of a longer timespan, the US is basically number one. It is only in recent times does the US now currently take the number two spots for both categories.

IngoBlechschmid 5y ago
Indeed. Here is an animation of the cumulative emissions starting 1750: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx85qK1ztAc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx85qK1ztAc The US come in first, my home country Germany takes the fourth spot.

Tiktaalik 5y ago

Yeah this is because the USA has offloaded making all its stuff to China. With this in mind the USA CO2 number is even worse than it first appears.

theli0nheart 5y ago
Are you saying that emissions shouldn't be attributed to the country they're generated in? If so, that's certainly an interesting perspective.
- andi999 5y ago
  Technically it shdnt. Just imagine you send your oil to another country to produce stuff for you, should the carbon emission for that be counted for country A or B? I think clearly country A. Now what if the oil doesn't come from country A but is bought from the money for the goods from country C. Well, technically you shdnt attribute it to country B. Either A or C.
- deltaonefour 5y ago
  The attribution is much more grey with the advent of so much globalization. As humans we like to pin the blame on a singular entity but the real world is far more complicated.