[ekianjo]

> I get that the US is capital and resource rich and can afford to be wasteful with almost everything,

https://ourworldindata.org/co2/country/united-states

The US has been reducing CO2 emissions year on year for a while now.

[lm28469]

It's still incredibly wasteful. I remember studying in the LA area not so long ago and I had to bring a sweater to class even though it was 30c+ outside

[ChuckNorris89]

And yet, according to that chart, it's still 50% to 150% more polluting per capita than some EU countries like France, Austria and the Netherlands.

[ekianjo]

what matters is the direction. You don't compare apples and oranges.