Re:Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'
by strictnein on Monday August 09, 2021 @12:46PM
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That math doesn't pan out. We're at ~410ppm now. -47% puts us at 220ppm, a level hasn't existed for > 10,000 years.
https://earth.org/data_visualization/a-brief-history-of-co2/
Re:Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'
by angelzen on Monday August 09, 2021 @01:22PM
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poor/developing => low energy use
rich/developed => high energy use
Wealth is not gobs of gold that Western countries sit on. Wealth is the ability to produce energy and turn it into creature's comforts, on a massive scale.
There is no development without massive growth in energy consumption. Please point to a single developed country on this Earth that has CO2 emissions per capita smaller than what Paris accords call for, which, depending on the source, is somewhere between 1.5-2.5 CO2 t/year/capita.
To limit emissions all countries must converge to a low energy lifestyle. There is no more developing for poor countries, and there is harsh un-developing for erst rich countries.
Re:Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'
by whimsicalism on Monday August 09, 2021 @01:44PM
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The US has decreased emissions while undergoing massive growth in the last decade.
[1] CO2 stays in the atmosphere for several hundred years or more. The US is the source of 25% of what is in there now, and the EU-28 another 22%.