Re:That's a *huge* amount of energy being transferred to the...
by dukeyukey on Monday June 12, 2023 @10:04AM
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> Most of the carbon footprint on the planet comes from the relatively low number of people in... Europe
That's not so true now, China emits as much CO2 per capita as Europe does, and quite a bit more than the greener European countries (e.g. France, Sweden, the UK). This remains even after adjusting for consumption rather than production.
Re:That's a *huge* amount of energy being transferred to the...
by myshpa on Monday June 12, 2023 @11:54AM
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> That's not so true now
Maybe not now, I was talking about cummulative footprint. Even now China is a third of EU + UK + US together.
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cumulative-co2-emissions-...
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cumulative-co-emissions (see 1950-1980)
It seems obvious that it's US & EU who made the China the polluting giant it is now.
Re:That's a *huge* amount of energy being transferred to the...
by ForHackernews on Monday June 12, 2023 @01:48PM
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> Most of the carbon footprint on the planet comes from the relatively low number of people in the US and Europe.
> Not having kids and consuming like crazy won't save anything.
Most of the people on this site are American or European. You are the problem you name.
Not having kids and consuming like crazy won't save anything.
https://ourworldindata.org/contributed-most-global-co2
Who has contributed most to global CO2 emissions?
(Don't forget we've outsourced our manufacturing to China)
https://www.businessinsider.com/climate-change-worst-places-...
Countries contributing the least to the climate crisis are feeling the worst of its effects