Cumulative Carbon Emissions

The bar chart below lists the top carbon emitting countries over the last 171 years.  The relevance?  There is absolutely none, as far as I can see.

China and India had virtually zero industrialization until very recently.  That doesn’t mean they’re not of huge concern in today’s fight against climate change.

In fact, if the developed world proves incapable of solving the carbon problem for everyone on the globe, catastrophe is certain.