Title: The Mother of All Creditors: How We Maxed Out Earth's Credit Card. - Author: Jude S. Ngu'Ewodo
Title: The Mother of All Creditors: How We Maxed Out Earth's Credit Card There’s a special kind of stupid reserved for people who believe you can max out a credit card, never pay it back, and somehow still retire comfortably. Turns out, that's been humanity's exact plan — only the credit card belongs to Planet Earth, and the debt is measured not in dollars, but in carbon. For the last 50 years, we’ve been swiping like drunken teenagers on a mall bender. China, the U.S., the European Union — the whole gang. Gigaton after gigaton of CO₂, charged without a second thought, the atmosphere warming like a microwave burrito. And now, Mother Earth has sent us the bill. When you total it all up — using a generous $20 per ton (because hey, who doesn’t love a discount when facing planetary extinction?) — the biggest emitters owe trillions. China alone racks up a neat $7.12 trillion. The U.S.? A casual $6.52 trillion. Russia, Japan, India — all regulars at this environmental buffet — ...