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Re:China's e-buses dent oil demand more than electric cars do by austincheney on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @10:01AM (#19442239)
That isn't accurate either. The country that outputs the highest CO2 per capita is Qatar. Qatar left OPEC within the last year because their oil extraction is so low. Qatar's primary hydrocarbon extraction is LNG (liquefied natural gas) which is a low CO2 emitter relative to oil refinement.

Also, most the countries here have a higher than average population density compared to the global average due to a small geographic footprint.

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Re:China's e-buses dent oil demand more than electric cars do by throwaway5752 on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @11:38AM (#19443255)
Trinidad & Tobago, Australia, and Turkmenistan are high in addition to Qatar. What they all have in common is they are high LNG exporters, which involves liquifaction trains. LNG liquifaction trains are extremely CO2 intensive, along with heavy oil refining (see Curacao, Aruba, et al per capita CO2)
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