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USA per capita CO2 emissions are large, but at least they have been coming down moderately fast. From 2007 to 2017, USA reduced emissions by 20%, whereas if we take Germany as an example of a country with strong "green" element in politics, Germany reduced by 8%.

Apply linear extrapolation, and USA would go below Germany in 20 years. Extrapolating with exponential decay, in 40 years.

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

https://ourworldindata.org/co2/country/germany?country=~DEU

parent sampo 6 years ago

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