>As you can see these policies did nothing. Yea, if we didn't reduce energy usage in the US the global average would be far higher than it is now. Those factor

>As you can see these policies did nothing. Yea, if we didn't reduce energy usage in the US the global average would be far higher than it is now. Those factories would have moved out of the US anyway due to labor costs, and higher energy costs. Efficiency in energy production lowers costs. You're probably not old enough to remember how damned bad pollution in the US used to be. Burning bunker fuel on large ships is insanely efficient per km traveled. Mostly because the amount of material on said ships is staggering. Also, we've raised those countries overseas out of poverty. We are talking about billions of people. World wide CO2 usage increased because more of the world walked away from farming dirt and is now producing useful economic product.