Posted on 01/24/2021 10:32:19 AM PST by Republican Wildcat
Yesterday, The United Nations released its Emissions Gap Report 2020, an annual assessment of contributions to greenhouse gas and carbon emissions. The report has some notable information amid an array of complicated projections that may or may not come true. It claims, for instance, that “despite a brief dip in carbon dioxide emissions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is still heading for a temperature rise.”
But for the United States, the real value in this report is as an advisory that it need not join the Paris Climate Accord. This report is evidence that, instead, the U.S. should just keep doing what it is doing to cut its own emissions. The U.S. is the most successful major country at mitigating its own pollution, and the U.N. shows this.
According to the report, “the United States of America emits 13 per cent of global GHG emissions.” Comparatively, “China emits more than one-quarter of global GHG emissions.” The U.S. still contributes the most greenhouse gas emissions per capita in the world, but, over the last decade, the country’s GHG emissions have been in decline (0.4 per cent per year).“ Greenhouse gas emissions per capita in the U.S. are dropping precipitously while those of China, India and Russia continue to rise. With the world’s most successful economy (over $21 trillion in 2019), it is not a surprise that the U.S. pollutes more per person, but the U.S. is making great strides in changing this.
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The Left’s position on difficult times will be, “Why don’t you just Die already”.
“How dare you even try to survive without our help”
“You have NO RIGHT to do this, Live, Survive, much less prosper without our Approval”.
Sadly there seems to be millions of americans that have been scared to death by their propaganda and are willing to see the death of millions more in order for them to feel safe.
It won’t take a majority of this Country to control everything.
Historically, I think it’s been 15%, maybe 20% true believers that have taken over.
IMHO, There is NO WAY to win this battle short of a Civil War or Secession that may lead to a Civil War.
Things are going to get far worse because the Left needs to take advantage of the opportunity they currently have before it goes away.
per capita USA 19.9 India 2.3
India to get DOWN to our level?!??
I'm an airline pilot and I frequently fly into China and India. Anyone who routinely sees these places from the air can tell you that they are far, far more polluted than anywhere in the U.S. or Europe. India is the filthiest place I've ever been, you can smell the pollution descending through about 20,000' going into Delhi or Mumbai. I flew into Delhi about a month after the covid lockdowns started, it was remarkable in that it was the first time in years I could see the ground from altitude, the pollution is usually so bad the city is under a constant blanket of smog, the shutdowns from covid caused the air to clear up immensely.
Notice that the measure has been changed in recent years to "greenhouse gases", a non-specific term that basically means whatever the author wants it to mean. The claim that India is somehow better at controlling emissions than the U.S. is so ridiculous it's laughable to anyone who has been there. The U.S. has the cleanest air in the world, even the L.A. basin which was famous for smog in the past is worlds better than any city in India or China. In India or China you'll basically never see the sun if you live in a major city, the smog pretty much constantly blots it out. Europe is much cleaner than India and China for sure, but Paris can get pretty smoggy on certain days.
I'm always glad to return to the U.S. because of our clear skies. It gets depressing being in China or India because it's always overcast from the smog, imagine living in a place like Shanghai or Delhi where you've pretty much never seen a clear sky your entire life.
Those are in the cities. Yet the numbers show that India overall and per capita is lower
Dims simply want the feel-good nonsense and another pseudo-government entity to control everything.
Common sense doesn’t even play into their thinking.
Assuming that you believe in greenhouse gas causing warming; I do not.
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