In 2015, the USA emitted approximately 5,400 million tons of CO2 and had a population of 300 million people. The rest of humanity’s approximately 7 billion people emitted approximately 35 billion tons of CO2. If each human were allowed to emit 5 tons of CO2 annually, then each U.S. resident emitted what % of that allowable share in 2015? Group of answer choices Not enough information provided 27% or 0.27 more Others should raise their CO2 emissions to equal U.S. resident emissions 360% or 3.6 times more 15% or 0.15 more
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S. resident emitted in 2015. We do this by dividing the total CO2 emissions of the USA by its population. 5,400 million tons / 300 million people = 18 tons per person Show more…
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