Comments on: Kyoto, not just for kabuki anymore http://www.pervasivelight.com/blog/2007/06/20/kyoto-not-just-for-kabuki-anymore/ without light there can be no vision Mon, 1 Dec 2008 23:29:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: John Fitzpatrick http://www.pervasivelight.com/blog/2007/06/20/kyoto-not-just-for-kabuki-anymore/#comment-201 John Fitzpatrick Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:34:18 +0000 http://www.pervasivelight.com/blog/2007/06/20/kyoto-not-just-for-kabuki-anymore/#comment-201 The United States, on a per person basis, emits four times as much carbon as China. See the numbers <a href="http://www.apathy.net/stories/us_still_largest_per_capita_greenhouse_gas_emitter" rel="nofollow">here</a>. <strong>editor:</strong> I'm not sure I'm 100% convinced that per capita numbers are a valid correlation in this case. After all, per capita, the United States' CO2 emissions are less than Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain (all of which have a drastically smaller population than the United States). <a href="http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/env_co2_emi_percap-environment-co2-emissions-per-capita" rel="nofollow">DATA HERE</a> So, using your logic, the real global CO2 emissions culprit would be Qatar. Does everyone else get a free pass? The United States, on a per person basis, emits four times as much carbon as China. See the numbers here.

editor: I’m not sure I’m 100% convinced that per capita numbers are a valid correlation in this case. After all, per capita, the United States’ CO2 emissions are less than Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain (all of which have a drastically smaller population than the United States). DATA HERE
So, using your logic, the real global CO2 emissions culprit would be Qatar. Does everyone else get a free pass?

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