NationStates Jolt Archive

Well figured in the spirit of Kyoto. I would throw some fun facts out there. Source: Oak Ridge National labratory, University of N Dakota, CIA factbook(2000version)

CO2 Emissions World Wide in metric tons yr 2000

United States 1528796 metric tons
Europe 1096859
Europe(with Russia)1488523
China 819577
Japan 323281
India 292265

Per Capita CO2 emissions in metric tons yr 2000

Antartica 61.12
Qatar 19.68
Bahrain 7.70
UAE 6.17
Trinidad/Tobago 5.58
United States 5.06
Europe 3.63
Europe(with Russia) 3.34


For an added bonus here are the GDP figures for above countries yr 2000
all numbers are in billions (USD)

United States 9764
Europe 8809
Europe(with Russia) 9098
China 1100
Japan 3480
India 3033

My point of this post to illustrate a few points. One that We all pollute alot. Europe and the United states are nearly the same as far as CO2. China compared to its GDP is a huge polluter.