Sentence examples for tons per person from inspiring English sources

Carbon-dioxide emissions in the United States amount to about 18 metric tons per person per year.

In other words, most Americans hit their carbon-producing peak — about 14.9 metric tons per person — just before retirement.

Our emissions of carbon dioxide currently match the European average, at 11 tons per person per annum.

Los Angeles, at 1.41 tons per person, narrowly beats Portland, Oregon, which is widely proclaimed as an über-green city.

Meanwhile, its annual carbon dioxide emissions are a paltry 0.3 metric tons per person (compared with 19.34 for the United States).

The carbon footprint, the measure of human impact on the environment in terms of greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide, was 18 tons per person per year — relatively high because Interstate 95 passes through town.

Under the scientists' proposal, the world limit in 2030 would be 11 tons per person.

As a nation, we've gone from a peak of 889.9 million tons in 2001 (15.1 tons per person) to 659.1 million tons (10.3 tons per person) in 2013.

Globally, the average was 4 tons per person and.7 tons per $1,000 GDP.

In 2006, China emitted 6.1 billion tons of CO2 or 4.5 tons per person.

Vermont ranked second with 9.7 tons per person and California ranked third with 9.9.