The USA was trending down in CO2 emissions until 2006. Six years after Republicans took office and provided subsidies to the petroleum industry and not more control of GHG.
This trend above refers to the CO2 from gaseous fuel. That would be methane. Burning methane releases CO2. The removal of methane from oil shale also releases the methane directly to the troposphere. That doesn't show up, but, it should. When methane is monitored for it's GHG properties in graphs like this, leaks directly into the troposphere are all "CO2 equivalents."
There is alternative energy production available for all countries.
