Interested in the per capita CO2 emissions of every country in the world since the 18th century?
It can be found here: Gilfillan D ; Marland G ; Boden T ; Andres R (2020): Global, Regional, and National Fossil-Fuel CO2 Emissions: 1751-2017. CDIAC-FF, Research Institute for Environment, Energy, and Economics, Appalachian State University, ESS-DIVE repository.
Obviously some of this data from centuries ago is estimated.
The file to download:
nation_1751_2017.csv
As for modern times:
This would be a great place to compare the per capita carbon output of Germany, powered by so called "renewable energy" (and, um, coal and gas) and nuclear powered France.
France peaked at 2.69 MT/person-year in 1979, and as of the last data point 2017, was at 1.35 MT/person-year.
Germany started out (post unification) at 3.18 MT/person-year in 1991 and made it all the way down to 2.37 MT/Person-year. Germany of course, is one of those countries that switched the dominance of dangerous coal to dangerous natural gas, with wind and solar lipstick on the pig. They will, however, be burning coal this winter.
France won't be burning coal this winter.
Does this tell anyone anything?
No?
Why am I not surprised?
By the way, your country, the good ole USA, is not pretty. It's pretty ugly, in fact, but don't worry, be happy, you at least have Elon Musk to worship, and of course, the Sierra Club to help you cheer for tearing the shit out the benthic zones of our continental shelves to make industrial parks.
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