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Re:Global warming has accelerated significantly by youngtaff on Friday March 06, 2026 @11:40AM (#47277292)
US is the largest historical emitter… responsible for something like 25% of all man made CO2 emissions
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Re:Global warming has accelerated significantly by tlogan on Friday March 06, 2026 @11:44AM (#47277380)
The entire west world contributes 28.8%. US is about 11%. [1]

[1] https://www.iea.org/reports/global-energy-review-2025/co2-em...

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Re:Global warming has accelerated significantly by youngtaff on Saturday March 07, 2026 @04:54AM (#47286126)
You’re quoting the figures for a one year
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Re:Global warming has accelerated significantly by acdha on Saturday March 07, 2026 @09:03AM (#47287729)
That’s a different question. The person you’re replying to was referring to historical totals and they were right:

https://ourworldindata.org/contributed-most-global-co2

> the United States has emitted more CO2 than any other country to date: at around 400 billion tonnes since 1751, it is responsible for 25% of historical emissions; this is twice more than China – the world’s second-largest national contributor

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