Sigh! And China has 1,081 coal plants....and building a new one in China itself every second day....In 3 years it will have over 2000....and it is also building an untold number of other coal plants around the world! Yes! It has been well known for decades that the USA is the greatest user and emitter of fossil fuels and byproducts....especially the US Armed Forces which emits 59 MILLION TONS per year! The Department of Defense spews so much greenhouse gas every year that it would rank as the 55th worst polluter in the world if it were a country, beating out Sweden, Denmark, and Portugal. Take them out from the US emissions and they will not look all of that bad!
Every single developed country is the same....but the US has been the only major country that has consistently lowered its CO2 emission almost every year for the past 3-5 years....while NONE of the countries that had signed the Paris Accord have lowered their CO2 emission but have rather increased them!
China, India, Russia, and other countries do not have to stop using fossil fuels.....and all have bluntly stated that they will NOT stop using fossil fuels. They view it as a plot by Westerners to stop their developments....because fossil fuels are by far the cheapest fuel there is....especially if your country produces it!
While the US population is not really growing, the rest of the non-Western World is burgeoning with new births....these exploding populations will massively ramp up the use of fossil fuels!
No matter what the USA does....even if it gets rid of all of its CO2 emissions.....the rest of the world will NOT! And they will easily surpass whatever the USA (and the West) reduces or eliminates, in just a few years.
Shrug! It is just a waste of time and besides, we know that climate change is a hoax....If you do not believe me then hear it out of the mouth of a UN horse....Ummm....I mean jackass!!