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CO2 Emissions by country |
Energy consumption rates and CO2 emissions vary widely among countries worldwide.Fossil fuels are consumed in vastly differing quantities from country to country, with developed countries taking tremendous leads over developing countries, as clearly shown by the national CO2 emissions volumes indicated in this graph. Although renewable energy sources are available worldwide, the technologies required for their use are not. Both developed and developing countries must work together to expand the use of renewable energy sources on a global basis for the benefit of the world population. National CO2 emissions figures are rapidly rising for China in particular, with its high-paced industrialization and growing consumerism among the largest population in the world. |
| CO2 Emissions by country Sources: For the "CO2 emissions by country" data: World Resources Institute (1996 data). For CO2 exhaled in human breath and its per capita-output equivalence: Institute for Research on Systems Technology. |
 The small human figures represent an equivalence for CO2 emissions in human breath, calculated on the basis of the national per capita figure (not shown) divided by 365kgs of CO2 emitted per person/year. CO2 emissions figures in this graph are for 1996. In other words, in 1996 in the U.S. it took 54 people to exhale the national per capita amount of CO2 emissions, whereas in China only 7.5 people exhaled the national per capita amount. |
| Illustrations/ Shigeyuki Saito |
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