Carbon Dioxide Surging Up In Spite Of Weak Economy

Wealth from the 1 percent doesn’t trickle down to the 99 percent, in spite of what right wing theorists would like to be true. So, the economy has grown weaker and weaker the more tax cuts and special breaks the 1 percent get. Income inequality has brought our nation, and along with it much of the world, to its knees.

In spite of this, the Global Carbon Project reports that global emissions of carbon dioxide have risen about three percent in the last year. Carbon dioxide is the greenhouse gas that contributes the most to global warming.

The economy may have tanked, but human population growth hasn’t, and energy consumption hasn’t dwindled either. The Global Carbon Project report is a reminder that, though things may seem bleak now, the human species still has plenty of room to crash down even further.