China passed US carbon emissions. Will pass US per capita emission by 2017

[FireFly]

China passed US on its rate of carbon emissions. China will pass US per capita carbon emission rate in 5 years.

China 'won't follow US' on carbon emissions

Chinese per-capita emissions may reach US levels by 2017, a recent study said.

China's emissions have risen sharply in recent years due to rapid industrialisation, fuelled mainly by coal burning. In terms of national emissions, it has overtaken the US.

But because its population is so much bigger, its per-capita emissions are currently much lower - but rising fast.

 

[Old Rocks]

Bad news, that. As bad as it can get.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Well, I guess we're fucked.

If they were saying we were fucked 10 years ago...Then with this news, we're really, really fucked.