The latest EIA CO2 data shows that the U.S. is not a significant contributor to world

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U.S. overall energy related emissions are 12% below 2005 levels, and electricity generated related emissions are that of 1993.

Guest essay by Larry Hamlin

EIA data and analysis shows that U.S. CO2 emissions peaked in the years 2005 and 2007 at about 6 billion metric tons per year and have steadily declined since then with 2015 CO2 emissions being 12% below ((http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=26152&src=email#)) emission levels of 2005.

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EIA identifies that the increased use of natural gas for U.S. electricity generation has resulted in 2015 CO2 emissions for the electric power sector being the lowest since 1993 (http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=26232).

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Furthermore EIA data shows that in 2016 lower CO2 emissions natural gas fuel use will surpass coal fuel use for the first time in the generation of U.S. electricity (http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=25392) with further CO2 emissions reductions occurring in the future.

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Additionally EIA has just released its latest International Energy Outlook report for 2016 (http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/ieo/) which provides global energy and emissions most recent results and forecast data through the year 2040.

The report shows global CO2 emissions climbing steadily from 2012 levels of about 32 billion metric tons per year to more than 43 billion metric tons per year in 2040 (http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/ieo/pdf/ieotab_10.pdf) while U.S. CO2 emissions remain flat at about 5.5 billion metric tons per year through out this period which is about 1/2 billion metrics tons per year below its peak emissions years of 2005 and 2007.

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It's probable that nobody has ever managed to produce accurate data on the environmentally-destructive emissions associated with successive wars across the Middle East. The damage must be enormous.
To know who is responsible for that vast damage we must know who is ultimately responsible for those successive wars.
Would US contributions to emissions be significantly raised if such data were compiled ? You betcha. Data assigned to countries' emissions on homeland basis alone is only half the picture. It's one world. Pollution does not respect borders. The politics of war threaten the environment and health of all. Israel's contribution to environment degradation is , therefore, massive.

That's not an anti-Israel statement, it's an anti-war statement. The combined processes of wars are significant contributors to pollution.
 
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moon2012 said:
It's probable that nobody has ever managed to produce accurate data on the environmentally-destructive emissions associated with successive wars across the Middle East. The damage must be enormous.
To know who is responsible for that vast damage we must know who is ultimately responsible for those successive wars.
Would US contributions to emissions be significantly raised if such data were compiled ? You betcha. Data assigned to countries' emissions on homeland basis alone is only half the picture. It's one world. Pollution does not respect borders. The politics of war threaten the environment and health of all. Israel's contribution to environment degradation is , therefore, massive.

That's not an anti-Israel statement, it's an anti-war statement. The combined processes of wars are significant contributors to pollution.
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Holy crap, I do have to give you credit for your gall, at least.
 
Milagro said:
Holy crap, I do have to give you credit for your gall, at least.
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Well- nobody can honestly state that wars are not a major contributor to pollution. They might argue causations and blame- but the pollution factor is undeniable. It's a shame that there's no obvious attempt at quantifying it.
 
moon2012 said:
Well- nobody can honestly state that wars are not a major contributor to pollution. They might argue causations and blame- but the pollution factor is undeniable. It's a shame that there's no obvious attempt at quantifying it.
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So why was there a cooling period between 1940-70?

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Milagro said:
You are the one that is saying there may well be a large amount of emissions due to wars, so in that period 1940-70 there was WW2, Korean War, Vietnam War and other smaller wars.
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Right- and a lot of smoke. Does a polluted atmosphere raise global temperature or lower it ? You're the one introducing temperatures into the emissions debate.
 
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