united states is the highest per capita emitter of co2 gas in the world.
united states is the highest per capita emitter of co2 gas in the world.
the highest per capita emitter of co2 gas in the world is?
united states
the kyoto protocol is the most prominent international agreement on climate change, and is also highly controversial. some argue that it goes too far or not nearly far enough in restricting emissions of greenhouse gases. another area of controversy is the fact that china and india, the world's two most populous countries, both ratified the protocol but are not required to reduce or even limit the growth of carbon emissions under the present agreement even though when listed by greenhouse gas emissions per capita, they have rankings of 121st largest per capita emitter at 3.9 tonnes of e and 162nd largest per capita emitter at 1.8 tonnes of e respectively, compared with for example the u.s. at position of the 14th largest per capita e emitter at 22.9 tonnes of e. nevertheless, china is the world's second largest producer of greenhouse gas emissions, and india 4th (see: countries by greenhouse emissions). various predictions see china overtaking the us in total greenhouse emissions between late 2007 and 2010, and according to many other estimates, this already occurred in 2006.
global warming controversy
astm d6400 and en13432, the standards for industrial composting, require oxo-biodegradable material to convert to co2 gas within 180 days by industrial composting, which is faster than degradation in the open environment. a leaf is generally considered to be biodegradable, but it will not pass the astm composting standards, due to the 180-day limit. indeed, materials which do comply with astm d6400, en13432, australian 4736, and iso 17088 cannot properly be described as "compostable". this is because those standards require them to convert substantially to co2 gas within 180 days. you cannot therefore make them into compost—only into co2 gas. this contributes to climate change, but does nothing for the soil.
oxo-biodegradation