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What happened in 2005-6 that started the emissions decline in the US and EU? Interesting seeing the even more drastic decline in Russia’s emissions after 1991
by wyre 4y ago
What happened in 2005-6 that started the emissions decline in the US and EU?
Interesting seeing the even more drastic decline in Russia’s emissions after 1991 with the fall of the USSR.
Edit: I found this anaylsis that credits the decrease towards many different factors, but largely driven by a switch from coal to natural gas. https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-why-us-carbon-emissions-have-fallen-14-since-2005/ https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-why-us-carbon-emissions...
- gedy 4y agoThat seems to correspond with China emissions greatly increasing. Outsourced manufacturing with even worse CO2 emissions?
- wyre 4y agoAccording to the graph, China’s emissions started rising significantly in the 60s, after their cultural revolution, presumably. Besides, outsourcing manufacturing to China started many years before the mid 2000s.
- pclmulqdq 4y agoOutsourcing of high-energy industries is part of it, but also that was around the time that wind and solar started becoming cost-competitive with gas and coal power.