Originally Posted by
UAL T38 Phlyer
For that matter, a significant portion (perhaps the majority portion) of the "dirty-burning" in China and India (the two largest contributing nations for carbon output) is due to "low-tech" burning.
As of 2013 the U.S. had well over 2 times the CO2 emissions than China and over 9 times India on a per capita basis. China has about twice the total CO2 emissions of the US in aggregate because they have over 4 times as many people.