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by porb121 1891 days ago
why would you say things that are so easily disproven with a 30sec google search?

in 2017, the US emitted 5Gt, the EU 3.5, and india 2.5. india's also got a billion more people than the US.

to make matters worse, these are attributional, not consumptive emissions. that is, if a US consumer orders a product made in india, the emissions from the creation of that product are attributed to india, and the emissions from shipping it are attributed to a global shipping counter. even though US demand and US consumption are responsible for those emissions, US emissions don't increase.

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It looks like 2020 was China 11.5, USA 5.1, India 2.5.

The biggest thing to note is both China and India are INCREASING every year.

Heh I wonder why you picked that year?
It was the most recent on Wikipedia.