Now if we could put in perspective the per capita CO2 emissions of USA, combined with the pollution generating guzzlers everyone likes to own, like F-350s and other mini trucks, that would tell us the real tale of environmental “wins”.
Per capita CO2 is 4x that of China, and on top of it, USA is not particularly highly responsible for reforestation in the world, unlike Asian countries. Its just something I wanted to bring up because its not meaningful to have some progress with emissions of electric grids, if the CEO country of capitalism shits out too much CO2, pollutes the world, does not care much about reforestation and has probably half the population that thinks global warming is a myth.
From this we can easily plot a trajectory where China might, within a couple decades, overpass both the EU (earliest industrialized nations) and the US (largest economy) and become the largest CO2 emitter in the history of mankind.
IMO, no large historical polluter should get away scot free, but it’s certainly much worse to reach that point during the 21st century, when climate change is known and feared, and when clean energies are abundant.
Now if we could put in perspective the per capita CO2 emissions of USA, combined with the pollution generating guzzlers everyone likes to own, like F-350s and other mini trucks, that would tell us the real tale of environmental “wins”.
Per Capita equivalent CO2 emissions is quite high, but measurably on the decline as a result of more efficiency (mentioned in the article)
Per capita CO2 is 4x that of China, and on top of it, USA is not particularly highly responsible for reforestation in the world, unlike Asian countries. Its just something I wanted to bring up because its not meaningful to have some progress with emissions of electric grids, if the CEO country of capitalism shits out too much CO2, pollutes the world, does not care much about reforestation and has probably half the population that thinks global warming is a myth.
Sorry, I can’t leave your message uncorrected:
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/co-emissions-per-capita?tab=chart&time=1966..latest
The USA is at 15t per Capita, on a steep decline, China is at 8t per Capita and growing fast. The EU is at 6.2t and equally on a steep decline.
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-of-cumulative-co2
From this we can easily plot a trajectory where China might, within a couple decades, overpass both the EU (earliest industrialized nations) and the US (largest economy) and become the largest CO2 emitter in the history of mankind.
IMO, no large historical polluter should get away scot free, but it’s certainly much worse to reach that point during the 21st century, when climate change is known and feared, and when clean energies are abundant.