Temperature Anomalies by Country 1880-2017

Re:Temperature Anomalies by Country 1880-2017 by roryisok on Monday September 03, 2018 @02:42PM (#17904212)

The only country actively ignoring this is the US, as the only (only!) country in the world not signed up to the Paris climate accords. However, that's not to say the citizens, industries and local governments are aligned with this insane stance

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Re:Temperature Anomalies by Country 1880-2017 by danielvf on Monday September 03, 2018 @04:57PM (#17904825)

FYI, the US has made the largest reduction in amount of CO2 emissions of any country in the world. Per capital CO2 usage in the US has gone down 19-20%, starting while W Bush was president.

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Re:Temperature Anomalies by Country 1880-2017 by roryisok on Monday September 03, 2018 @07:06PM (#17905447)

I did not know that and I'm glad to hear it

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Re:Temperature Anomalies by Country 1880-2017 by mempko on Monday September 03, 2018 @10:12PM (#17906139)

I'm sure the great recession had some impact on that reduction. I wonder if anyone did a study.

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Re:Temperature Anomalies by Country 1880-2017 by danielvf on Monday September 03, 2018 @11:52PM (#17906521)

I'm pretty sure it had an initial effect. But the biggest reduction was the big shift from coal power plants to plentiful, cheap natural gas from shale wells.

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Re:Temperature Anomalies by Country 1880-2017 by adrianN on Monday September 03, 2018 @02:45PM (#17904235)

The other countries are signed up for the Paris accords, but just don't do anything. Global CO2 production is still climbing.

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