alt Hacker NewsUS has reduced their global carbon emissions over the last 20 years. We were a peak of 55% of global emissions to less than 13% today, and continue to drop (we were 23% in 2000).
Even when adjusting for trade, it is down considerably over the last 20 years. Mainly due to dematerialization, basically a free market economy doing more with less (e.g. efficient packaging uses less materials and is cheaper).
US and the Western world can continue reducing carbon emissions and it won't make a bit of difference.
Try spending 5 minutes on google before you spout uniformed opinions
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This statistic completely ignores the fact that the US externalizes its' CO2 emissions by externalizing by sending our manufacturing to other countries.
How much of China's CO2 is a result of the products Americans buy that were manufactured in China?
If we look at CO2 as a result of consumption it would tell a truer story.
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The current administration and withdrawn from the Paris agreement, UNFCCC, and IPCC.
Things might have improved from 20 years ago but the more recent governmental trend is not positive.