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US is the largest historical emitter… responsible for something like 25% of all man made CO2 emissions
by youngtaff 7mo ago
US is the largest historical emitter… responsible for something like 25% of all man made CO2 emissions
- tlogan 7mo agoThe entire west world contributes 28.8%. US is about 11%. [1] [1] https://www.iea.org/reports/global-energy-review-2025/co2-emissions https://www.iea.org/reports/global-energy-review-2025/co2-em...
- youngtaff 7mo agoYou’re quoting the figures for a one year
- acdha 7mo agoThat’s a different question. The person you’re replying to was referring to historical totals and they were right: https://ourworldindata.org/contributed-most-global-co2 https://ourworldindata.org/contributed-most-global-co2 > the United States has emitted more CO2 than any other country to date: at around 400 billion tonnes since 1751, it is responsible for 25% of historical emissions; this is twice more than China – the world’s second-largest national contributor