Soviet Union’s collapse led to drop in carbon emissions (2019)

Posted by roboticmind on Sunday July 10, 2022 @05:10PM
from the nature.com dept.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02024-6

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Re:Soviet Union’s collapse led to drop in carbon emissions (... by fulvioterzapi on Monday July 11, 2022 @07:30AM (#32054705)

Must be the most tone deaf article I read in a while. Lots of people were starving in Russia in the ‘90s, for sure malnourished or dead people emit less carbon.

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Re:Soviet Union’s collapse led to drop in carbon emissions (... by roboticmind on Monday July 11, 2022 @09:31AM (#32055873)

It is worth noting that this doesn't just look at things in the 90's, but goes all the way out to 2011

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Re:Soviet Union’s collapse led to drop in carbon emissions (... by fulvioterzapi on Monday July 11, 2022 @09:41AM (#32055995)

Still very rough years for Russia. Still as tone deaf as observing that since grandma has suddenly died the ecological footprint of the family greatly improved.

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Re:Soviet Union’s collapse led to drop in carbon emissions (... by MuchoMaas on Sunday July 10, 2022 @05:29PM (#32049248)

Michael Parenti points out in one of his lectures on YouTube that it was unfortunate that the Soviet Union bought into the idea that high meat consumption constitutes a "better" diet and began diverting large amounts of its agricultural output to feeding livestock.

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