Comments on: The US is the largest cumulative emitter of carbon/2025/05/05/the-us-is-the-largest-cumulative-emitter-of-carbon/The goal of this blog is to create a long list of facts that are important, not trivia, and that are known to be true yet are either disputed by large segments of the public or highly surprising or misunderstood by many.Wed, 07 May 2025 05:01:32 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: thomasstigwikman/2025/05/05/the-us-is-the-largest-cumulative-emitter-of-carbon/comment-page-1/#comment-3176Wed, 07 May 2025 05:01:32 +0000/?p=2675#comment-3176In reply to robertawrites235681907.

I think that is great Robbie

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]]>By: robertawrites235681907/2025/05/05/the-us-is-the-largest-cumulative-emitter-of-carbon/comment-page-1/#comment-3175Wed, 07 May 2025 04:58:32 +0000/?p=2675#comment-3175In reply to thomasstigwikman.

I want a 4 x 4 for our bush trips. My 2 x 4 isn’t cutting it. I will get a fuel efficient one though. One thing I do is use reusable water bottles. I can’t stand plastic waste. I take our bottles everywhere we go. We also use reusable shopping bags.

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]]>By: thomasstigwikman/2025/05/05/the-us-is-the-largest-cumulative-emitter-of-carbon/comment-page-1/#comment-3174Tue, 06 May 2025 21:16:38 +0000/?p=2675#comment-3174In reply to Gwen M. Plano.

Thank you so much Gwen and you are right, so much is irrational, including destroying EVs. It is great to hear that you are living kindly towards the planet.

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]]>By: Gwen M. Plano/2025/05/05/the-us-is-the-largest-cumulative-emitter-of-carbon/comment-page-1/#comment-3173Tue, 06 May 2025 21:07:30 +0000/?p=2675#comment-3173</p><!-- /wp:paragraph -->]]>Excellent research and post, Thomas. A lot of what goes on nowadays is irrational (i.e., destroy electric cars but scream green energy). Anymore, I just try to live as kindly towards the planet and others as I can. 🌞

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]]>By: thomasstigwikman/2025/05/05/the-us-is-the-largest-cumulative-emitter-of-carbon/comment-page-1/#comment-3172Tue, 06 May 2025 21:03:27 +0000/?p=2675#comment-3172In reply to robertawrites235681907.

Yes you are exactly right Robbie, and it makes it very convenient to blame someone else. However, we could all start with the low hanging fruit, things that will make a big difference without a lot of sacrifice. Often that varies from country to country and from person to person, and the first step is finding out what that is. Here in Texas I think it is stopping our Texas legislators from sabotaging clean energy and not buying/driving big SUVs and big trucks that you have no use for. Farmers need them but not a software engineer.

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]]>By: thomasstigwikman/2025/05/05/the-us-is-the-largest-cumulative-emitter-of-carbon/comment-page-1/#comment-3170Tue, 06 May 2025 18:16:25 +0000/?p=2675#comment-3170In reply to Debbie D..

Yes you are right, we are in this together all of us and I know that Canada is making a concerted effort, for which I am very grateful.

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]]>By: Debbie D./2025/05/05/the-us-is-the-largest-cumulative-emitter-of-carbon/comment-page-1/#comment-3169Tue, 06 May 2025 16:07:39 +0000/?p=2675#comment-3169Mutual cooperation would work better than blaming. After all, we are one world, yes? I’m not surprised to see Canada up there too, but I believe we are making concerted efforts. Thank goodness the Conservative party did not win the election, since many of them are anti-environmentalists.

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]]>By: robertawrites235681907/2025/05/05/the-us-is-the-largest-cumulative-emitter-of-carbon/comment-page-1/#comment-3167Tue, 06 May 2025 12:34:40 +0000/?p=2675#comment-3167In reply to thomasstigwikman.

We are all equally responsible for the problem, I think. None of us wants to make the big sacrifices like not flying abroad. We want to live our modern lifestyles that are power intensive.

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]]>By: luisa zambrotta/2025/05/05/the-us-is-the-largest-cumulative-emitter-of-carbon/comment-page-1/#comment-3166Tue, 06 May 2025 10:20:17 +0000/?p=2675#comment-3166]]>In reply to thomasstigwikman.

You’re more than welcome 🌹

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]]>By: thomasstigwikman/2025/05/05/the-us-is-the-largest-cumulative-emitter-of-carbon/comment-page-1/#comment-3163Mon, 05 May 2025 19:28:58 +0000/?p=2675#comment-3163In reply to Christie.

Yes blaming someone else is something we all are very good at. The graph you are referring to is the per capita emissions, basically the amount of emissions for each person in that country. It is probably the most relevant graph in this context. It is great that Canada is trying to do something about it, Sweden is too. I think it would have been best if the proceeds of the 30% you are mentioing had gone back to people in the form of monthly checks and direct deposits. Analysis show that 2/3 of the population, especially lower income, would have recieved more money than the extra they paid, while retaining the incentives. I am sure those 30% are being put to good use but you don’t see it.

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