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I'm willing to bet that per-capita, the US produces far more economic output per KG of CO2 than most of the rest of the world. Like with any statistic, you can
by oceanplexian 5y ago
I'm willing to bet that per-capita, the US produces far more economic output per KG of CO2 than most of the rest of the world. Like with any statistic, you can slice and dice it any way you want to fit an agenda.
- dane-pgp 5y agoHere's a chart of carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita for various countries: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/carbon-intensity-vs-gdp https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/carbon-intensity-vs-gdp Why don't you slice and dice that based on your agenda and tell us what we should conclude?
- jhgb 5y agoUh...why not the proper comparison, which is GDP per kg CO2? While I believe that GDP is Θ(1) bound to CO2 emissions, any comparison should include those constants. Your chart is missing the connection between kWh consumed and GDP generated.
- dane-pgp 5y ago> the connection between kWh consumed and GDP generated If you don't mind those numbers being normalised by population size, and CO2 emissions being used as a more relevant metric than kWh, then this chart might be helpful: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/consumption-co2-per-capita-vs-gdppc https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/consumption-co2-per-capit...