That's an exaggeration. As of the 2014 per capita CO2 emissions in the US was 2.2 times Chinese (16.7mt vs 7.6).
And this gap is rapidly closing: Chinese per capita emissions are up 150% in the past 10 years while US are down 15%. China could easily exceed the US by this metric inside of a decade. Keep in mind that China already emits twice as much CO2 in total as the US.
And this gap is rapidly closing: Chinese per capita emissions are up 150% in the past 10 years while US are down 15%. China could easily exceed the US by this metric inside of a decade. Keep in mind that China already emits twice as much CO2 in total as the US.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_...
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.ATM.CO2E.PC?locations...
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.ATM.CO2E.PC?locations...