The EIA recently announced that China would surpass the US to become the world's largest producer of CO2 in 2009. Yet the most recent data (2004) at EIA's website shows that China was very close in total fossil fuel CO2 emissions to the US way back in 2004. Projecting 2000 - 2004 increases into the future, China would have passed the US in 2006. Why isn't China already the #1 nation in CO2 emissions?
2007-01-22 06:10:44 · 3 answers · asked by jgradyc 3 in Environment
most likely because the rate of change changed.
2007-01-22 06:13:28 · answer #1 · answered by SAMUEL ELI 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The US is also producing more CO2 each year. If the output from the US had remained static then China would have overtaken, as it is the gap is narrowing and soon China will be the world's biggest polluter. And not long after that India will overtake the US.
2007-01-22 14:16:02 · answer #2 · answered by Trevor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The people in China are just earning a living. The CO2 problem has been taken care of by plants. Study photosynthesis.
2007-01-22 16:19:03 · answer #3 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋