5800sq km iceberg breaks off Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf

Re:5800sq km iceberg breaks off Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf by harshreality on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @01:08PM (#14754295)

I'm not sure if these are the best data to use but can we go with this?

1990: http://cait2.wri.org/historical/Country%20GHG%20Emissions?in...

    (Mt CO2 emissions  direct / with land-use)
    U.S.: 5,866 / 5,550
    China: 3,154 / 2,833
    India: 1,188 / 1,142
    Brazil: 556 / 1,447
    World: 23,541 / 33,823

2013: http://cait2.wri.org/historical/Country%20GHG%20Emissions?in...

    U.S.: 6,279 / 6,213 
    China: 11,735 / 11,422
    India: 2,909 / 3,031
    Brazil: 1,017 / 1,317
    World: 48,257 / 46,445

Of course the U.S. is worst per capita, both then and now, but the U.S. could have cut emissions to zero in 1990 and CO2 emissions would be higher now than they were then.

How could a 1990s U.S. put substantially more pressure on other countries to curb hydrocarbon use when their economies were (and many still are) "developing"?

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Re:5800sq km iceberg breaks off Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf by TaylorAlexander on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @03:14PM (#14755650)

If the US cut emissions by investing in new technology that technology would be available to purchase to everyone in the world.

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