[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by jaj523

Since most of the countries on earth that make up the majority of the earth's surface (Russia, China, India, etc.) do nothing about and continue to mine for coal, oil, natural gas with abandon, why do we think that bankrupting our country with half measures (wind, solar, and hydro) is going to have any effect on global warming? We buy oil from Russia and other countries, with their out-dated polluting refinery systems, and then ship it to our country in oil tankers that are fueled by oil that can leak into the ocean. We pay money and support the economies of these countries that hate us. To me this is the height of insanity when we can be energy independent and produce our own oil, etc. far more cheaply and efficiently, using refining systems we have worked hard to improve.

Top 10 countries for hydrocarbon emissions.
(in million metric tons, 2019 data)

1. China — 9,877.
2. United States — 4,745
3. India — 2,310
4. Russia — 1,640
5. Japan — 1,056
6. Germany — 644
7. South Korea — 586
8. Iran — 583
9. Canada — 571
10. Saudi Arabia — 495