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Norway keeps working so hard at building an eco-friendly image. In reality the oil they pump up from their territory makes them one of the world's most environ
by johansch 10y ago
Norway keeps working so hard at building an eco-friendly image.
In reality the oil they pump up from their territory makes them one of the world's most environmentally unfriendly countries (both in absolute numbers and particularly per capita).
- snom380 10y agoAs a Norwegian, I find it fascinating that Norway has an environmentally friendly image. I wonder how much is the "pristine" fjords, and how much is because of the hydroelectric plants.
- johansch 10y agoDon't forget Thorbjørn Jagland.
- cowardlydragon 10y agoWherever you are writing this, the problem is you buying the oil, not them selling it.
- johansch 10y agoIf they didn't extract the oil it would obviously not be burned.
- lobster_johnson 10y agoAnnual CO2 emissions per capita, according to World Bank [1], for 2013 (metric tons), top 51: 1 Qatar 40.4 2 Trinidad and Tobago 34.5 3 Curacao 34.1 4 Kuwait 27.2 5 Bahrain 23.6 6 Sint Maarten 20.8 7 Brunei Darussalam 18.9 8 United Arab Emirates 18.7 9 Luxembourg 18.7 10 Saudi Arabia 17.9 11 United States 16.3 12 Australia 16.3 13 Oman 15.6 14 Gibraltar 15.4 15 Kazakhstan 15.4 16 Estonia 15.1 17 New Caledonia 14.6 18 Mongolia 14.5 19 Canada 13.5 20 Turkmenistan 12.7 21 Russian Federation 12.4 22 Faroe Islands 12.3 23 Korea, Rep. 11.7 24 Norway 11.7 25 Palau 10.6 26 Netherlands 10.1 27 Greenland 10.0 28 Japan 9.7 29 Czech Republic 9.3 30 Singapore 9.3 31 Cayman Islands 9.2 32 Germany 9.2 33 South Africa 8.8 34 Israel 8.8 35 Aruba 8.5 36 Finland 8.5 37 Belgium 8.3 38 Bahamas, The 8.2 39 Libya 8.1 40 Malaysia 8.0 41 Iran, Islamic Rep. 7.9 42 Poland 7.9 43 New Zealand 7.6 44 Ireland 7.6 45 China 7.5 46 Austria 7.3 47 Seychelles 7.1 48 United Kingdom 7.1 49 Slovenia 7.0 50 Equatorial Guinea 6.7 51 Denmark 6.7 Total absolute emissions puts Norway at 52. Carbon intensity [2] for 2011 was the third lowest in Europe among measured countries. [1] http://databank.worldbank.org/data/reports.aspx?source=2&series=EN.ATM.CO2E.PC&country=# http://databank.worldbank.org/data/reports.aspx?source=2&ser... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_intensity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_in...
- johansch 10y agoFor some odd reason this does not include their oil extraction.