Year thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent 1970 4.738474 1971 3.737422 1972 3.612306 1973 3.578919 1974 2.9784955 1975 2.9109899 1976 2.2621258 1977 2.2680778 1978 2.4159664 1979 2.4473601 1980 2.3241351 1981 2.3200896 1982 2.1379088 1983 2.3233911 1984 2.3231834 1985 2.2547075 1986 2.2622529 1987 2.2518772 1988 2.3619272 1989 1.6216813 1990 1.2857157 1991 1.2229562 1992 1.2908214 1993 1.3598987 1994 1.3681416 1995 1.3720011 1996 1.3797945 1997 1.4012031 1998 1.409384 1999 1.4374297 2000 1.47498 2001 1.4876156 2002 1.550062 2003 1.5466179 2004 1.6062805 2005 1.6032518 2006 1.6315765 2007 1.6504834 2008 1.6615132 2009 1.6105337 2010 1.6428481 2011 1.659276581 2012 1.675705062