On: The world may have less time than it thinks on climate change

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Now, now, it's only half as much as the rest of the world combined, and only twice the USA and Canada together.

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and only 15% of the global cumulative total to the USofA's 25% (plus/minus the usual quibble about sources and definitions).

Meanwhile, the problem persists and grows.

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So why are you invoking the last seven decades ("cumulative")?

Boring answer: in order to find a way to blame the US, which is the more urgent problem.

I don't think a lot of the people being vocal about climate change even care about solving it, they care about ideological enemies.