Check out this new report from MIT. It's a study of the carbon emissions of Americans living a variety of lifestyles. Though Americans were found to emit a higher quantity of carbon per capita than the rest of the world, you might be interested to know that even our homeless people are emitting twice as much carbon dioxide as the average Citizen of Earth. Apparently an American living in homeless shelters and eating all his meals in soup kitchens is responsible for 8.5 tons of carbon emissions per year. Compare that with Steve Hayward's estimates in his WSJ piece that in order to reduce U.S. emissions by 80% by the year 2050, carbon emissions need to be reduced to only 2.5 tons per person.
Voters should note that the "80 by 50" target has been endorsed by both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. McCain is only slightly more reasonable, calling for a 65% reduction. My question: which of them is going to tell all the Homeless people how their irresponsible lifestyle is ruining the world?
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