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Originally Posted by latinasojourn
haha, if you think the USA is the biggest polluter you have not seen much of the world.
if you did a chart on pollution related to industrial output the USA might be one of the LOWEST international polluters for a given industrial output or energy use.
usa ain't perfect to be sure, but lots of you kids talk out of your ass. go visit eastern europe, or china.
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The United States, with the world's largest economy, remains the world's largest single source of anthropogenic (human-caused) greenhouse gas emissions. Current projections indicate that U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide, which is released into the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned, will reach 5,985 million metric tons in 2005, an increase of 1,083 million metric tons from the 4,902 million metric tons emitted in 1990, and around one-fourth of total world energy-related carbon emissions.
Just the facts, as supplied by the U.S. Government.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/usa.html