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One source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-energy-carbon-iea/global-carbon-emissions-hit-record-high-in-2017-idUSKBN1GY0RB https://www.reuters.com/article/
by strictnein 8y ago
One source:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-energy-carbon-iea/global-carbon-emissions-hit-record-high-in-2017-idUSKBN1GY0RB https://www.reuters.com/article/us-energy-carbon-iea/global-...
> "Most major economies saw an increase in carbon emissions, though Britain, the United States, Mexico and Japan experienced declines.
The biggest drop came from the United States, where they were down 0.5 percent"
- acdha 8y agoThat’s exactly the dynamic I was talking about: the US percentage dropped more but that only made us less far behind the EU than we used to be. That’s not how almost anyone is going to interpret a statement that the US is doing better than the EU.
- strictnein 8y agoThe US is currently doing a better job cutting emissions than the EU is. You're purposefully misreading the original statement which is very clear: > "Compared to Europe the US is doing better on carbon reduction seeing as the US went down and Europe went up. " The US is doing a better job on _carbon reduction_.
- acdha 8y agoAgain, you have to look at the actual data to avoid being mislead by that statement since it doesn’t have any context to let you know that the US is still significantly further behind. A single year which is within the range of normal year to year variation doesn’t invalidate a long-term trend.