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GLOBAL WARMING - AMERICA'S EMISSIONS
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HOW IS AMERICA CONTRIBUTING TO THE GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS AND WHAT ARE THEY DOING ABOUT IT?:
The United States is the largest producer of greenhouse gases in the world. In the year 2006, the United States produced 5877 million metric tons of CO2, which is a decrease from a few years before when they produced 7,122 MMTCO2 (2004) which was a 17.9 % increase since 1990.

Even per capita, they are the largest producer of greenhouse gases in the world. With 303,712,994 legal residents and another 8.7+ million illegally (undocumented) immigrants, the average person in American uses 19.037 metric tons of CO2 each year. Thankfully the this amount is a decrease since 2004 when the average was 23.8 metric tons of CO2 per person.

Carbon Cycle

The United States is the only country where 94% of the Families/Singles in that country own a car and drive it to work. It is the only country where 99% of all Families/Singles own at least one television (most families have more than one). The majority of citizens own a computer, DVD player, and other appliances that would be considered a luxury in any other country. With all of these electronics, we are the largest producer of electricity in the world, which is created by burning fossil fuels of which contributes to their greenhouse gas emissions.

The United States has also set into law many bills to help fight the source and the problems caused by Global Warming. The United States has set a goal to cut emissions by 18 percent between 2002 and 2012. The United States has spent the most money out of all countries towards finding alternative fuel, technology, and fighting Global Warming. Private, Public, and Government entities have volounteered to lower their emissions throughout the country.

There are many more things that can be done to combat greenhouse gases including researching/using nuclear, solar, hydro, and wind power, in addition to other alternative energies which are being researched today.

Talk to local companies around your area to lower their carbon emissions and research new ways to keep their emissions clean. On a more national level the government could give incentives to these companies to lower their emissions. In the United States, the best way to entice companies to lower their emissions is by giving money to new research and lower taxes.

Vulcan Project

VULCAN PROJECT AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY - The image [to left] shows the location and magnitude of CO2 emissions from major power producers under the Continuous Emissions Monitoring program of the Emissions Trading System. Units: Million tonnes of carbon/facility/year

"THEORY" = Prediction for the Future
"MUST CONFIRM WITH DATA" = Data is not in and has not been provided as of yet.

 "FACT" = data is in and there is no question.
"CONFLICT" is when both sides have accurate" data but they conflict.
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AMERICA'S DONE NOTHING
AMERICA IS WORKING HARD
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UCS-USA - UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS - The American

(MUST CONFIRM WITH DATA)

The United States has agreed in principle to work with more than 180 other nations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to bring about the “stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic [human-caused] interference with the climate system.” Though the federal government has done little to live up to that agreement thus far, there is now growing momentum to pursue deep reductions in emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other heat-trapping gases that cause global warming. California, Florida, Hawaii, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington have all enacted laws or established policies setting global warming pollution reduction targets, while states in both the Northeast and West have signed agreements to achieve regional targets. Now the U.S. Congress is considering several bills that propose a variety of global warming emissions reduction targets.

 Often it is difficult to attribute emissions to a source. Many small island nations have military bases that are used for re-fueling or have large tourist industries. Who do you assign the emissions to; the US whose military planes are re-fueling on the Wake Island with aviation and jet fuel or the Wake Island? The accounting practices used within the UN Energy Statistics Database assign this fuel consumption to the Wake Island thus elevating the Wake Island's per capita estimate. The same is true for tourist nations like Aruba who are assigned the fuels used in the commercial planes carrying tourists back to their native countries. Although this distorts the per capita emission estimates it makes it easier from an accounting standpoint than trying to trace each plane or ship to its final destination. One should be cautious in using only the per capita CO2 emission estimates.

Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center - Per capita, many small countries have larger greenhouse gas footprints than the United States.

(CONFIRMED WITH DATA)
The United States is committed to reducing the greenhouse gas intensity of the American economy by 18 percent over the 10-year period from 2002 to 2012. This initiative puts America on a path to slow the growth of greenhouse gas emissions, and -- as the science supports -- to stop, and then reverse that growth.

EPA - US Climate Policty

(FACT - EPA has been working on this in all states)

COMMONDREAM. ORG - Global scientists condemn U.S. for their increase in emissions.

(PARTIALLY CONFIRMED WITH DATA, AND PARTIALLY CONFLICTING)

The United States emitted more greenhouse gases in 2004 than at any time in history, confirming its status as the world's biggest polluter. Latest figures on the US contribution to global warming show that its carbon emissions have risen sharply despite international concerns over climate change.

This is the biggest annual increase since 2000 and means that in 2004 - the latest year that full data is available - the US released the equivalent of nearly 6,300 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

Scientists in Britain condemned the increase, saying that it showed how the US was failing to take a lead in the international attempt to curb greenhouse gas emissions despite being the worst offender.

 The United Stated Energy Information Administration calculated that the U.S. emitted 5877 million metric tons of CO2 in 2006, which is a 1.1% drop from 2005 and a 1.2% drop since 2004 when 7,122 MMTCO2 was recorded. (This is a 17.9 % increase since 1990.) The US Census Bureau reports that there are 303,712,994 citizens in the country today. In addition there are 8.7+ million illegally (undocumented) immigrants according to Center of Immigration that are stipulated to be here. So the Average person in American uses 19.037 metric tons of CO2 each year. A great decrease since 2004’s report when the average was 23.8 metric tons of CO2.

EIA - United Stated Energy Information Administration

(CONFIRMED WITH DATA)
  The Vulcan project has achieved the quantification of the United States fossil fuel CO2 emissions at the scale of individual factories, powerplants, roadways and neighborhoods. We have built the entire inventory on a common 10 km grid to facilitate atmospheric modeling. Vulcan is available at the hourly timescale for the year 2002. In addition to improvement in space and time resolution, Vulcan is quantified at the level of fuel type, economic sub-sector, and county/state identification. Greenhouse gas intensity is the ratio of greenhouse gas emissions to economic output. The U.S. goal is to lower emissions from an estimated 183 metric tons per million dollars of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2002, to 151 metric tons per million dollars of GDP in 2012. The U.S. commitment will achieve 100 million metric tons of reduced emissions in 2012 alone, with more than 500 million metric tons in cumulative savings over the entire decade. The policy focuses on reducing emissions through technology improvements and dissemination, improving the efficiency of energy use, voluntary programs with industry and shifts to cleaner fuels.

EPA - US Climate Policty Clarification

(FACT - EPA has been working on this in all states)
 

The intensity-based approach promotes near-term opportunities (e.g. voluntary programs and partnerships) to conserve fossil fuel, recover methane and sequester carbon. These programs encourage the adoption of existing technologies, energy efficiency improvements and renewable resources to reduce emissions cost-effectively. In the longer term, development and deployment of breakthrough technologies will provide safe and reliable energy to fuel our economy with reduced or no greenhouse gas emissions.

EPA - US Climate Policty

(FACT - EPA has been working on this in all states)
       
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