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titzer
on Jan 8, 2020
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US emissions fell 2.1% in 2019
Just back of the envelope calculation, according to my link the US emitted 400B tons total and China is emitting ~10.8B annually now, so that'd be 37 years with no growth. So yes, the US is in a really deep hole here.
imtringued
on Jan 8, 2020
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It wouldn't surprise me if the Chinese somehow manage to never exceed 400B tons.
harryh
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They're already at 200B and the rate is currently at 10B/year and rising rapidly.
So I strongly suspect they will.
titzer
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Whoops, right. I forgot to subtract what they had already emitted. So it puts it more like ~20 years away.
perfunctory
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Did you also forget to add what US keeps emitting?
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