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We use 55% more energy than in 1997? Where is all that going? I've seen graphs with plastic production with even higher numbers. I have no problem going bac

• em500 1y ago
  > We use 55% more energy than in 1997? Where is all that going? Mainly to rapidly developing countries like China and India. Europe and US have decreased fossil fuel consumption a bit, China and India have increased 3 fold. > I have no problem going back to my 1997 lifestyle and cant point to much explaining this growth. Approximately nobody in develping countries feels that way.
  • luis_cho 1y ago
    > Europe and US have decreased fossil fuel consumption a bit We did not decreased fossil consumption we externalised the fossil consumption to developed countries production. Developed countries use a lot of fossil fuels but most of that is to promote the lifestyle of developed countries. Oxfam estimates that 1% of the richest people emit double the carbon emission of the half the poorest of humanity https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/carbon-emissions-richest-1-percent-more-double-emissions-poorest-half-humanity https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/carbon-emissions-ric...