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Interesting thanks. I'm curious what the intuition is for why. My apparently wrong intuition is that if we're importing all our goods, we're incurring the emiss
by version_five 5y ago
Interesting thanks. I'm curious what the intuition is for why. My apparently wrong intuition is that if we're importing all our goods, we're incurring the emissions associated with their production + transportation in other places.
- xadhominemx 5y agoA lot of emissions are from transport, electricity production, cement production, and heating; none of those are offshore And in terms of manufacturing, while a lot of the labor intensive (but more emissions light) manufacturing jobs have gone overseas due to lower wages, most heavy industry (chemicals, etc) has remained onshore because those products are bulky