[rc2634]

Looking at per capita is useless when those countries have a combined population of over 2 billion (~6x US population). Climate change and the Earth doesn’t care about per capita, it only cares about the total output of carbon. The reality is that American output has most likely peaked, while China and India will keep growing for decades to come.

[tonyedgecombe]

Per-capita emissions are extremely important when you are trying to get the political will to make changes.