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Study: US Carbon Emissions Cost World $10T

Study: US Carbon Emissions Cost World $10T, Study Finds

Is the U.S. facing a $10 trillion climate debt it must repay or is climate science a government-funded statistical fiction?

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Study: US Carbon Emissions Cost World $10T

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The Spin

U.S. carbon emissions since 1990 caused $10 trillion in damages worldwide, and that debt keeps growing — future costs will dwarf what's already been paid. Every ton of CO2 emitted in 1990 will rack up $1,840 in damage by 2100, dwarfing the $180 already incurred. Holding the biggest emitters accountable isn't radical — it's basic economic justice.

Nature Asia-Pacific

The climate apocalypse industry runs on government cash, not hard evidence — pull the funding and the movement goes quiet. Temperature records cherry-pick urban heat islands while ignoring vast rural and ocean regions, making the data a statistical fiction. The IPCC's own shifting predictions on cold extremes prove the "consensus" is built on shaky, agenda-driven ground.

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Metaculus Prediction

There's a 50% chance that annual CO2 emissions in the United States will be at least 4.9 billion tons in 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.