Are you kidding me? The US contributes as much carbon to the atmosphere as China while sustaining a third as much people. Making an effort to clean up, my ass.
China now produces more CO2 that all other 1st world countries together [1], while having increased their emissions by 300% in the last 30 years and are set to increase them a further 30% during the next 10. [2]
USA maintained their emissions during the past 30 years and are set to slightly reduce them in the next 10. [3]
EU reduced their emissions by 25% during the last 30 years, and are set to reduce them a further 20% during the next 10. [4]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...
[2] https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/china/
The best part is how easy it is to be carbon negative. I am, and lots of the people pointing fingers at China aren’t. So, take the beam out of your eye.
And this is not counting that what’s important is the area under the curve, not the present value.