Originally Posted by Leisesturm

The fate of the planet is in OUR hands. We keep passing the ball off to China but they are not the problem. China has 5x our population and now, after decades. They might now exceed our emissions of greenhouse gases. But they get it. They have plateaued their output and are decreasing them from here on out. We on the other hand have scrapped the plans that were made to do likewise and as a result for the last three years our emissions have been increasing year over year with no end in sight! You say 70 years ago? I say 40. China 70 years ago was not doing anywhere close to what we were doing to the environment. The vast majority of Chinese and Indian subjects have a minimal carbon footprint. Most live at a subsistence standard. We (should) own this.