Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere hit record high in May

Re:Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere hit record high in May by josho on Thursday June 06, 2019 @11:21PM (#20121368)

“the rate of increase is accelerating”. I was under the impression that we were reducing emissions. It’s terrifying that the progress combating climate change is nothing more than lip service.

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Re:Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere hit record high in May by Fishkins on Thursday June 06, 2019 @11:37PM (#20121472)

I think people in developed countries are reducing their per capita emissions a bit. However, population is still increasing, and people in many countries are increasing their (material) standard of living in a way that increases emissions.

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Re:Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere hit record high in May by flukus on Friday June 07, 2019 @12:28AM (#20121668)

> I was under the impression that we were reducing emissions.

Outsourced would be a better description.

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Re:Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere hit record high in May by newnewpdro on Friday June 07, 2019 @12:25AM (#20121658)

Globally? No, not even close.

China and now India coming online as industrialized nations with increasing quality of living can't possibly happen while reducing global emissions. We're talking about billions of additional people shifting towards the western quality of living.

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Re:Carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere hit record high in May by dragonsky on Friday June 07, 2019 @01:38AM (#20121928)

It's amazing what you can show with a little creative book keeping.

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