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14. Over half of all carbon in the air has been emitted since 1988, much of it China's

Thu May 6, 2021, 04:42 PM

May 2021

https://blog.ucsusa.org/peter-frumhoff/global-warming-fact-co2-emissions-since-1988-764

So the reference to hundreds of years of carbon emitted from other nations is a bit weak. The rate we're adding greenhouse gases is truly astonishing.

I'd note that my statistic is already almost 7 yr old to boot.

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China's Emissions Now Exceed All the Developed World's Combined [View all] oldsoftie May 2021 OP

True, but planet Earth doesn't care about per capita. FailureToCommunicate May 2021 #2

+1000 Mosby May 2021 #4

Moreso than arbitrary boundaries ... Xoan May 2021 #6

Without boundaries there would be mass chaos oldsoftie May 2021 #11

The only way to look at this is per capita mainer May 2021 #7

"Look at China! Look at China! Ignore us!" mainer May 2021 #17

India produces more particulates than any other country. Mosby May 2021 #5

Every country has to get with the program or we're all doomed Bayard May 2021 #8

China is still a developing nation. OneCrazyDiamond May 2021 #9

The atmosphere doesnt care who is developed & who isnt oldsoftie May 2021 #10

I don't see developing nations mitigating carbon they didn't put up there. OneCrazyDiamond May 2021 #12

That is fair. OneCrazyDiamond May 2021 #16