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I am also fatalistic about global treaties of any major consequence. So failing that I would start with low hanging fruit. Convince countries with low populati
by steve19 8y ago
I am also fatalistic about global treaties of any major consequence.
So failing that I would start with low hanging fruit. Convince countries with low populations but high per capita C02 emissions to switch to sustainable power. Especially countries that are increasing. Trinidad and Tobago have a small population (1.3 million) but have the second highest per capita and its increasing. I assume they are burning far to much diesel and have some issues getting natural gas supplies, or maybe corruption is causing buyers to buy diesel and not natural gas. Maybe the global community can come up with a solution.
Saudi Arabia (for all their other problems) is high on that list but sees the writing on the wall and is investing in solar. If it makes sense for them financially and in terms of stability, it probably also makes sense for Qatar and Kuwait to burn less oil and build solar.
Next I would look at countries that do not have a high per capita, but are increasing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...
- ForHackernews 8y agoI guess that's a good starting place, but we have ~11 years to cut global emissions by 50% -- I don't know if you can do that off the back of Trinidad and Tobago.