Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industrial levels

Re:Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industri... by jeromegv on Monday June 06, 2022 @08:57AM (#31639865)

If you look at the last decade, gas consumption has been going up even if the share of electric vehicle has been going up. Why? Because people with ice vehicles have been buying suv and pickups in higher percentage and driving more. So the average personal “car” consumption is up.

I’m not as gloomy. I can acknowledge progress. But when it comes to cars, it’s been worse, not better. But at least now the technology is better and can hope for the curve to finally invert itself.

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Re:Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industri... by jsight on Monday June 06, 2022 @09:23AM (#31640112)

Weird, I thought it was because gas cars (EDIT: This should say electric cars) only just recently approached 4% of total sales and are still under 1% of the cars on the road.

Normal growth is enough to explain why that hasn't (yet) resulted in a net decrease. If the growth rate continues at 50+%, that will change in about 5 years, though.

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Re:Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industri... by hihihihi1234 on Monday June 06, 2022 @10:46AM (#31641166)

What? You meant to write "electric cars" in your first sentence, right?

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Re:Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industri... by jsight on Monday June 06, 2022 @11:02AM (#31641376)

Yes, I definitely did. Monday brain, I guess.

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Re:Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industri... by Unbeliever69 on Monday June 06, 2022 @09:58AM (#31640549)

Jevon's Paradox - learned a lot reading The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson.

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Re:Carbon dioxide now more than 50% higher than pre-industri... by guerrilla on Monday June 06, 2022 @11:15AM (#31641555)

Thanks. I was trying to remember the name of that. Highly relevant and likely explanatory for at least some of what's going on.

> In economics, the Jevons paradox (/ˈdʒɛvənz/; sometimes Jevons effect) occurs when technological progress or government policy increases the efficiency with which a resource is used (reducing the amount necessary for any one use), but the falling cost of use increases its demand, negating the efficiency gains.

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