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Re:US emissions fell 2.1% in 2019 by paulddraper on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @01:43PM (#21994417)
> Because we’re all idiots and waited too long

U.S. CO2 emissions have been steadily falling for over a decade. [1]

Twice that long on a per-capita basis.

Considering that broad consensus about global warming was only formed in 1980s, that's not a terrible track record.

A far bigger problem than stupidity or procrastination is the industrialization of 3 billion people. There's no great solution to that.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas_emissions_by_th...

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Re:US emissions fell 2.1% in 2019 by rwem on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @03:38PM (#21995532)
They’re not steadily falling. As noted in the article, they were up in 2018.
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Re:US emissions fell 2.1% in 2019 by paulddraper on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @03:41PM (#21995556)
Hm, appears the graph in Wikipedia is out of date.
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Re:US emissions fell 2.1% in 2019 by rwem on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @03:56PM (#21995718)
The graph is electric generation only. Electricity accounts for less than 1/3rd of US greenhouse gas emissions.
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