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So ran across some interesting numbers. Everybody knows how the lefties are going loony about how the world is going to burn if we don't reduce America's carbon footprint, right?

Well.. here's some numbers. Facts, they are an amazing thing.


From 1980 to 2011, worldwide carbon dioxide emissions increased from 18,433 million metric tons to 32,579 million metric tons

An increase of 14,145 million metric tons, or a 77% increase.

Top offenders:

China increased 7,267 million metric tons.
India increased 1,435 million metric tons.
USA increased 715 million metric tons.
Iran increased 508 million metric tons.
South Korea increased 479 million metric tons.
Sixteen other countries increased by over 100 million metric tons.

Some basic facts:

The USA is currently responsible for 16% of the global carbon dioxide output. China is responsible for 27% as of 2011. By 2013 it's 14% and 29%, respectively.

The ENTIRE output of the United States in 2011 is LESS THAN the INCREASE from China in the last 10 YEARS. China continues to climb at up to 10% increase per year, the United States has lowered it's output to a level from 20 years ago. Another 10 years and India will very likely also be higher than the US.

Graph from a .gov website:




So when the greenies get up to talk about how horrible the US is and how we have to reduce our carbon footprint - maybe drop our carbon output by a whopping 30%? That drop of 1800 million metric tons by the US would be 5% of the total world output in 2011, and less than China's increase of 2,030 million metric tons that they jumped by in THREE YEARS!!!

So, as I see it, if there is a global warming issue due to carbon dioxide, America isn't even in a position to fix it.

jmho..

Personally, I'm still not convinced how much warming is due to carbon dioxide levels versus sun activity, and even how much of the carbon dioxide level is due to human activity or how much is due to warming (there is evidence showing carbon dioxide levels rise due to warming and not vice versa).