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firesteelrain • today at 11:26 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

It’s hard to find any really good site for these numbers because it is highly politicized. Looking at this, assuming it’s correct, paints a different picture:

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-where-emissions-are-...

“Over the past decade, the fastest growth has come from rapidly industrializing economies.”

It seems that countries have to evolve through this stage before things get better.

“Meanwhile, several advanced economies have moved in the opposite direction. Countries like the UK, Germany, and Japan have significantly reduced their carbon output, largely by phasing out coal and expanding renewable energy.”


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christkv • today at 11:36 AM

Actually what has happened is that we exported our "cleanish" industry to areas that don't care so pollution shot up and co2 as well. The outsourcing fuelled a lot of the co2 production over the last couple of decades. We now have a dirtier and more polluting industrial base world wide than what we had 30 years ago.