• silence7@slrpnk.netOP
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    10 months ago

    The total is going down, but it’s doing so because electric generation emissions went down a lot while other sources didn’t change much. We need to actually address emissions from transport, industry, and buildings in a meaningful way, not just electric generation.

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      10 months ago

      The total CO2 emissions of the US, even adjusted for trade, are going down since 2007-2008.

      Also the only other period when the CO2 emissions of the US went down was after 1929 and 1975.

      onlproduction-vs-consumption-co2-emissions

      production-vs-consumption-co2-emissions

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        10 months ago

        Yep, but it’s caused by shifting off of coal for electric generation, substituting gas and to a lesser extent, renewables.

        We still need to adequately tackle the rest of the places fossil fuels are used