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0 pointsjamesblonde7y ago0 comments

That's Foxnews-like nonsense. Here's some facts. A nice visualization of per-capita EU-US Co2 emissions over the last 20 years: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.ATM.CO2E.PC?location... The US has over double the per-capita emissions of the EU. The EU has a larger economy, by GDP. The US can do a lot more - particularly leadership.

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wdr17y ago· 2 in thread

OP doesn't present the full story. Specifically the EU started far lower than the US, but it does show the US falling at faster rate.

jamesblondeOP7y ago

It's lower in the EU because we tax gas/fuel at a higher rate for environmental reasons. It's like losing weight. Going from 5000 calories/day to 4000 calories/day is a lot easier than going from 3000 to 2500 per day.

pygy_7y ago

Actually, even though it started lower, Europe has been reducing its emissions at a faster rate. In 2014, Europe was at 63% of its peak of emissions, whereas the US were at 72%.

The slope in log scale gives it away too (from the same data set, comparing US and Eurozone since 1971): https://i.imgur.com/099XLIw.png

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