Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by dopamean on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @10:14AM
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I was of the impression that US contribution to global emissions was relatively low for our population size and per capita energy usage thus making domestic climate change policy relatively small potatoes. Is that not true? Is there more to it than that?
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Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by shreve on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @10:20AM
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The United States is ranked 16th highest in the world for emissions per capita.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by lief79 on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @10:20AM
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https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-pe...
Per capita energy usage is an interesting choice of metric.
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by dopamean on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @10:54AM
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Thanks for the info!
Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency
by zeroonetwothree on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @10:23AM
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US is 12% which is second highest. But you’re right that it’s too small a percentage to have enough effect on its own.