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NickB79

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4. The US has emitted more carbon than any country, by far

Reply to uponit7771 (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 30, 2022, 09:57 AM

Jul 2022

Because they're late to the party, only overtaking the US in the last decade or two, while we're been burning coal and oil for 150 years at a prodigious rate.

China's CURRENT rate of carbon emissions is important to address, but it's being used in part by some to deflect attention away from the damage the US has already done for over a century.

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"coal consumption affecting climate" from newspaper 110 yrs ago! malloy tweet, snopes link [View all] orleans Jul 2022 OP

K&R, China, India then the US are responsible for 75% of this earth destroying FF uponit7771 Jul 2022 #1

The US has emitted more carbon than any country, by far NickB79 Jul 2022 #4

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And then there's the methane ... Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #5

Hence the CO2e measurement. roamer65 Jul 2022 #6

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