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It's pretty well known that when you look at individual consumptions habits, which account for overseas production emissions, there's a clear correlation betwee
by h0l0cube 6y ago
It's pretty well known that when you look at individual consumptions habits, which account for overseas production emissions, there's a clear correlation between income and greenhouse gas emissions.
Though it has been shown that some countries are beginning to reduce emissions while increasing GDP. Much of that shift could be explained by a global shift to renewables as they become the cheapest form of power, but this is a tide that lifts all boats, and the correlation remains.
https://ourworldindata.org/co2-and-other-greenhouse-gas-emissions#co2-embedded-in-trade https://ourworldindata.org/co2-and-other-greenhouse-gas-emis...
- marcus_holmes 6y agoYeah but emissions are only one part of the equation - logging a forest will produce more net atmospheric carbon than taking a long-haul plane trip, even though cutting down trees doesn't emit anything. The biggest carbon sink is the ocean, so doing things that damage the ocean (like dumping trash into a river) are more of a concern. There's also other environmental concerns than CO2 and climate change. Damaging jungle and ocean ecosystems creates other effects that we need to be concerned about (not least biodiversity losses from loss of habitat and population).
- h0l0cube 6y agoNot sure why you'd think I wouldn't be concerned about logging, or waste, or environmentalism in general - especially given what I wrote. I am, for the record.
- marcus_holmes 6y agoglad to hear it :) but your comment concerned only greenhouse emissions, which is all I was addressing.