Subsidizing other countries that require help is laudable.
Subsidizing countries that refuse to curtail their pollution is stupidity.
If we (America) are going to continue to do our part in driving down greenhouse gas emissions, that is a good thing. Even paying a PERCENTAGE based upon our percentage of pollution-output is acceptable.
However, requiring U.S. citizens to underwrite and pay WHEN OTHER COUNTRIES DO NOT is unfair, counterproductive, burdensome, and borders on socialism/c*******m.
I’ll tell you what: You can pay MY share for a few years, how is that?
Fair is fair!
I defended this country in wartime.
I spent 40+ years building and supporting infrastructure, resource-development and energy independence.
I dutifully paid taxes.
And I resent a government that is on an economic path to what appears to be insolvency and morally indefensible polices of racial-backlash, “wokeism”, misinformation, sexual ine******y, and g****r dis-functionality.
There may be various “G****rs” and states of confusion — there are only two Sexes.
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As to the degree of pollution of various sorts:
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported the most polluting countries:
https://climatetrade.com/which-countries-are-the-worlds-biggest-carbon-polluters/
”However, most of this pollution comes from just a few countries: China, for example, generates around 30% of all global emissions, while the United States is responsible for almost 14%.In the ranking below you can find the 10 countries that produce the most emissions, measured in millions of tons of CO2 in 2019.
Top 10 polluters
China, with more than 10,065 million tons of CO2 released. (10,065,000,000 Tons, 2.013E13 Pounds)
USA, with 5,416 million tons of CO2. (5,416,000,000 Tons, 1.083E13 Pounds)
India, with 2,654 million tons of CO2
Russia, with 1,711 million tons of CO2
Japan, 1,162 million tons of CO2
Germany, 759 million tons of CO2
Iran, 720 million tons of CO2
South Korea, 659 million tons of CO2
Saudi Arabia, 621 million tons of CO2
Indonesia, 615 million tons of CO2 . . .”
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Since this report in 2019, U.S. CO2 emission decreased by ~1.3%, then rebounded as travel increased. The country is on-track to decrease in 2023.
SOURCE: https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/renew_co2.php
” We expect energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in the United States to increase by 1.5% in 2022 and then to decrease 2.3% in 2023 to just under 2021 levels.”
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[World] Air Quality report, 2021. <[U.S. is number NINETY (90) ! ]]>
https://www.iqair.com/us/world-most-polluted-countries
”Rank …. Country/Region …….2021 …….. 2020 ….. 2019 …….. 2018 …….. Population
1 Bangladesh ……………….. 76.9 …….. 77.1 …… 83.3 …….. 97.1 ……… 164,689,383
2 Chad ………………………….. 75.9 ……….. - ………… - …………… - ……….….. 16,425,859
3 Pakistan ……………………. 66.8 ……… 59 ………. 65.8 …….. 74.3 ……… 220,892,331
4 Tajikistan …………………… 59.4 ……… 30.9 ……….. - …………. - …………….. 9,537,642
5 India ………………………….. 58.1 ……… 51.9 ……. 58.1 …….. 72.5 …. 1,380,004,385
6 Oman …………………………. 53.9 …….. 44.4 ……….. - …………. - …………….. 5,106,622
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14 Afghanistan ……………….. 37.5 ……… 46.5 ……. 58.8 …….. 61.8 ……….. 38,928,341
15 United Arab Emirates …. 36 ……….. 29.2 ……. 38.9 …….. 49.9 …………. 9,890,400
16 Montenegro ……………….. 35.2 ……… 26.1 ……….. - ………….. - ………………. 628,062
17 Indonesia ……………………. 34.4 …….. 40.7 ……. 51.7 ……… 42 ……….. 273,523,621
18 Nigeria ………………………… 34 …………… - …………… - ………….. - ………... 206,139,587
19 Armenia ………………………. 33.9 …….. 24.9 ……. 25.5 ……….. - ……………. 2,963,234
20 Mongolia ……………………… 33.1 ……… 46.6 ……. 62 ………… 58.5 …………. 3,278,292
21 Saudi Arabia ……………….. 32.7 …….. 23.3 …… 22.1 ………… - …………… 34,813,867
22 China …………………………… 32.6 ……… 34.7 …… 39.1 ……… 41.2 ….. 1,439,323,774
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89 Germany …………………….. 10.6 ……… 10.1 ……. 11 ……….. 13 ………….. 83,783,945
90 USA ……………………… 10.3 ……. 9.6 …..… 9 …….. 9.1 …….... 331,002,647
91 Denmark ………………………. 9.6 ……….. 9.4 …….. 9.6 …………. - ………….. 5,792,203
92 Japan …………………………….. 9.1 ………… 9.8 …… 11.4 ……… 12 ……….. 126,476,458
93 Luxembourg ………………….. 9 …………… 9 …………. 9.6 …….. 11.2 ……………. 625,976
94 United Kingdom …………….. 8.8 ……….. 8.3 …… 10.5 ……… 10.8 ……….. 67,886,004
95 Canada …………………………… 8.5 ……….. 7.3 ……… 7.7 ……….. 7.9 ………. 37,742,157
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The top 10 most polluting countries PER CAPITA according to the Intergovernmental Panel on C*****e C****e (IPCC): https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/
Qatar — 37.05 per capita
Kuwait — 23.49 per capita
Saudi Arabia — 19.39 per capita
Canada — 16.85 per capita
USA — 15.74 per capita
Germany — 9.7 per capita
China — 7.72 per capita
Spain — 6.09 per capita
France — 5.02 per capita
Thailand — 4.05 per capita”
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