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Carbon
Emissions from Fossil Fuel Burning, 1950-2001
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| Year |
Million
Tons of Carbon
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| 1950 |
1612
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| 1951 |
1748
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| 1952 |
1774
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| 1953 |
1817
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| 1954 |
1838
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| 1955 |
2013
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| 1956 |
2146
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| 1957 |
2236
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| 1958 |
2295
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| 1959 |
2423
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| 1960 |
2535
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| 1961 |
2550
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| 1962 |
2652
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| 1963 |
2798
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| 1964 |
2952
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| 1965 |
3087
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| 1966 |
3243
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| 1967 |
3347
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| 1968 |
3518
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| 1969 |
3728
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| 1970 |
3997
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| 1971 |
4143
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| 1972 |
4305
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| 1973 |
4538
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| 1974 |
4545
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| 1975 |
4518
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| 1976 |
4776
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| 1977 |
4910
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| 1978 |
4962
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| 1979 |
5249
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| 1980 |
5177
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| 1981 |
5004
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| 1982 |
4959
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| 1983 |
4942
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| 1984 |
5113
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| 1985 |
5274
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| 1986 |
5436
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| 1987 |
5558
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| 1988 |
5774
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| 1989 |
5879
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| 1990 |
5939
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| 1991 |
6025
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| 1992 |
5922
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| 1993 |
5914
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| 1994 |
6050
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| 1995 |
6182
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| 1996 |
6327
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| 1997 |
6419
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| 1998 |
6401
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| 1999 |
6366
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| 2000 |
6480
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| 2001 |
6553
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| Source:
Seth Dunn, "Carbon Emissions Reach New High," in Worldwatch
Institute, Vital Signs 2002 (New York: W.W. Norton & Company,
2002), pp. 52-53. |
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