You are getting downvoted because you look at trends and not absolute numbers when comparing data , citing an increase for china during a quasiunprecedented economic boom where the change from rural to industrial economy cetainly influenced the data , all the while failing to mention that US emissions are still more than double China ' s ones per capita not per capital like you repeatedly write , but honestly you are mostly getting downvoted because your posts reeks of arrogance . If a person goes from eating five hamburgers per day to four while another goes from one to two which one is more to blame for an hypotetical shortage of hamburgers ? You are the 4 hamburgers eating person that is looking at the two hamburger eating one complaining that he increased his consumption , all the while failing to understand that the person was on the limit of starving with just one hamburger per day , obviously this example is oversimplified in many many ways but yours is very onesided in interpreting data as well