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A couple of interesting points from it: - the number of women in employment started falling for the first time since 1948 in 2000. Where as male employment had
by icc97 10y ago
A couple of interesting points from it:
- the number of women in employment started falling for the first time since 1948 in 2000. Where as male employment had been falling for a long time, women had been growing. Shows how big the impact of the down turn was on female emplyment.
- America even with Bush in charge and refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol managed to cut carbon emissions since 2000
- akhilcacharya 10y ago#2 was probably because higher gas prices meant more efficient new cars. The last 16 years have also seen higher emissions and efficiency standards, as well as more electric cars and hybrids on the road than ever before.
- matt4077 10y agoIt's mostly energy generation that changed. Industry & transportation only contributed a fourth aas much each: https://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/inventoryexplorer/#allsectors/allgas/econsect/all https://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/inventoryexp...
- neuromancer2701 10y agoYeah, Almost all of the gains came from switching from coal to natural gas in power plants.
- aries1980 10y agoMy perception is different when I stuck behind buses in the morning jam.