[RedDevil]

Originally Posted by oil pan 4

We are not talking a few warm days.
This is the bulk of the United states, for a month with something never before observed from satellite.

All I can say is the EU is doing their part.

Yes, but the main contributers to the surge in emissions in the EU are Spain and Greece, who are recovering from financial woes, and the recent new member states who are still recovering from soviet oppression.
Our company has a Romanian office. Romania is on the rise right now. Still quite poor, but we see changes for the better every time we visit them.
With that comes increased consumption. It becomes harder and harder to hire qualified personnel unless for 'western' wages. They have money to burn now, and they do.

One very important reason for the surge is the support and subsidies they receive from the EU. If the EU did not do that then CO2 emissions would increase less fast. And more people would live in poverty.


Oh, and by the way...
https://www.ucsusa.org/global-warmin...re-of-co2.html
The per capita emission of carbon dioxide of the US (and Canada, Australia, Saudi Arabia, ...) is twice that of EU members like Germany and the UK.

Would you blame us for polluting 50% LESS than you do?

More than half of our energy bill consists of taxes.
We spend about the same amount of money on energy as you do, but we pollute only half - because we get only half the carbon for that money.
We don't spend more, we burn less. I have not seen a single F150 this year, but over a 1000 Teslas, easy.
Tax money flows to the government to spend on roads, welfare and reducing the deficit. And subsidies for green projects.

You're not pulling your weight. Not like we do.