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		harryh on Jan 8, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US emissions fell 2.1% in 2019 They're already at 200B and the rate is currently at 10B/year and rising rapidly. So I strongly suspect they will.

titzer on Jan 8, 2020 [–]

Whoops, right. I forgot to subtract what they had already emitted. So it puts it more like ~20 years away.

perfunctory on Jan 9, 2020 | [–]

Did you also forget to add what US keeps emitting?

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