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Re:The end of the Arab world’s oil age is nigh by brabel on Friday July 17, 2020 @11:45AM (#23871757)
And their populations have become much more affluent (carbon emissions correlate strongly with wealth).

Poverty levels in China went from 98% to less than 25% in 26 years from 1990[1].

[1] https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/CHN/china/poverty-rate

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Re:The end of the Arab world’s oil age is nigh by ableal on Friday July 17, 2020 @01:03PM (#23872732)
> (carbon emissions correlate strongly with wealth).

Until they don't, and only the poor who cannot afford better energy sources use fossil fuels.

We're told something similar happened with personal calorie intake ...

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