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In the US greenhouse gasses are down across a variety of absolute metrics: https://ourworldindata.org/co2/country/united-states#what-are-the-country-s-annual-c
by ZeroGravitas 2y ago
In the US greenhouse gasses are down across a variety of absolute metrics:
https://ourworldindata.org/co2/country/united-states#what-are-the-country-s-annual-co2-emissions https://ourworldindata.org/co2/country/united-states#what-ar...
In the electricity grid specifically they peaked around 2006 and are 15% below 1990 due to switching from coal to gas and introducing renewables
What you say is broadly true globally but western nations are mostly on the downslope and the globe as a whole is slowing and hopefully going negative soon.
- tiffanyh 2y agoThat's one of the most interesting links I've seen in a long time (regardless of subject). Thanks for sharing because it puts things in perspective much easier due to the data it sourced.
- jmknoll 2y agoIf you’re convinced by the materials shared, you may want to consider editing your original content. It’s currently the most-upvoted comment, and is materially incorrect.
- tiffanyh 2y agoI'm unable to edit. I did though indicate "please correct me if I'm wrong", in my original post. Which led to this discussion below that I'm sure people then read (like your comment on this sub-post)