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I was of the impression that US contribution to global emissions was relatively low for our population size and per capita energy usage thus making domestic cli
by dopamean 2y ago
I was of the impression that US contribution to global emissions was relatively low for our population size and per capita energy usage thus making domestic climate change policy relatively small potatoes. Is that not true? Is there more to it than that?
- lief79 2y agohttps://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-per-capita/ https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-pe... Per capita energy usage is an interesting choice of metric.
- dopamean 2y agoThanks for the info!
- shreve 2y agoThe United States is ranked 16th highest in the world for emissions per capita. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...
- zeroonetwothree 2y agoUS is 12% which is second highest. But you’re right that it’s too small a percentage to have enough effect on its own.