How much carbon dioxide does the United Kingdom add to the atmosphere each year?

Our living standards have been maintained at the cost of releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
The UK adds 150 million tonnes of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere each year
The world adds 6500 million tonnes of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere each year ( 1800 million tonnes carbon).
Thus the UK contributes only 2.3% of the total.
 
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere pre industrial revolution      280 ppm
Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere now                                    370 ppm
Estimated carbon dioxide in atmosphere in 2100                     700 ppm
 
This increase in carbon dioxide is the suspected cause of global warming and the possible disaster that may overtake the World this century.

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