Buck: Counter to "China must curb emissions first" argument.
You don't have to let them get away with the "China is worse" nonsense. What counts is per capita emissions. In 2006:
US was 9th in world with 19 metric tons per capita.
China was 96th with 4.6 metric tons per capita.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita
The US would need to do a very, very lot to catch up with China.