CO2 pollution would be exponential if it were proportional to energy usage and if energy usage increased linearly with economic development and if economic deve

CO2 pollution would be exponential if it were proportional to energy usage and if energy usage increased linearly with economic development and if economic development were exponential. Fortunately neither of the first two conditions are true. Consider the buried lede in this 2019 article[0] from the Guardian: > But in a positive signal for the future, the [UK's Office for National Statistics ] said both domestic and consumption-based emissions had fallen since the 2008 financial crisis. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/21/britain-is-g7s-biggest-net-importer-of-co2-emissions-per-capita-says-ons https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/21/britain-is-g...