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Kaleva

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2. China emits as much greenhouse gases as all the other industrial nations combined

Reply to Brenda (Original post)

Sat Feb 10, 2024, 07:27 PM

Feb 2024

Including the US.

The US could achieve net zero emissions and the. world will still be devastated by climate change. Just a few years later then it currently is .

India is on track to bypass the US, current 2nd place holder.

Not only do emissions have to zeroed out but we have to figure out how to reduce the greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere. Some of which , like CO2, can linger in the atmosphere for hundreds of years.

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Too Late? [View all] Brenda Feb 2024 OP

A big weakness. SarahD Feb 2024 #1

China emits as much greenhouse gases as all the other industrial nations combined Kaleva Feb 2024 #2

Yep... Think. Again. Feb 2024 #4

I'm operating under the premise that it is too late Kaleva Feb 2024 #5

I've been trying... Think. Again. Feb 2024 #6

I think so...too late. 😓 walkingman Feb 2024 #3