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> US per capita is falling Keep in mind that electricity demand in the US is decreasing. If you reduce your manufacturing, of course it'll reflect positively
by berdario 2y ago
> US per capita is falling
Keep in mind that electricity demand in the US is decreasing.
If you reduce your manufacturing, of course it'll reflect positively on emissions. China demonstrates that it's possible to make CO2 emissions decrease even while energy demand keep growing (even if it doesn't grow as much as before)
(As I linked in another comment in this page: https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-falls-1-in-q2-2024-in-first-quarterly-drop-since-covid-19/ https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-falls-1-in-q... )
- maxglute 2y agoAlso giving export trends, have to factor in US increasingly large net exporter of fossil while PRC exporting increasingly renewables.