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surabi
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China is the major polluter because of all the crap they manufacture that people all over the world buy. The way you get them to stop polluting is to
stop buying the stuff they produce. That that doesn't happen is because no one wants to give up buying cheap stuff or think they need so much.
I have a pretty small carbon footprint. I'm not a big consumer, I am on CFE, but use little electricity (no AC, no pool, no pressure pump- my bills
are about 160 pesos for 2 months, that gives you an idea how much electric I use). All my grey water runs through pipes to various areas of the
garden. I do what I can.
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From Bard AI:
Here are the top 5 countries for carbon dioxide emissions in 2021, according to the World Bank:
Rank Country
Share of world emissions (%)
CO2 emissions per capita (metric tons)
1 China
29.18%
7.3
2 United States
14.02%
15.5
3 India
7.09%
1.9
4 Russia
4.65%
11.4
5 Japan
3.13%
9.7
These five countries account for more than half of the world's total emissions.
Overall, the per capita carbon dioxide emissions indicate which countries have the most significant impact on climate change. These countries need to
take urgent action to reduce their emissions if we are to avoid the worst effects of climate change.
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More from Bard AI:
Internal combustion engines are responsible for about 14% of global carbon dioxide emissions. This is the second-largest source of CO2 emissions after
electricity and heat generation, which accounts for about 25% of emissions.
Here is a breakdown of the percentage of global CO2 emissions from different sources in 2022:
Electricity and heat generation: 25%
Transport: 24%
Industry: 21%
Agriculture, forestry, and other land use: 14%
Other: 6%
It is important to note that these percentages are estimates, and the actual amount of CO2 emitted by each sector may vary depending on the source of
data.
Airplanes are responsible for about 2.5% of global carbon dioxide emissions. This is a relatively small percentage, but it is growing rapidly. In
2005, airplanes accounted for only 1.9% of global CO2 emissions.
The main reason for the growth in aviation emissions is the increasing number of people flying. In 2005, there were about 2.2 billion air passengers
worldwide. By 2020, this number had grown to 4.5 billion.
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Quote: Originally posted by RFClark  | S,
So what is it called when a not-man person mansplains? Gullible? You’re the one who believes SwiftBoat.
You still won’t acknowledge that the difference between our positions on climate change is what you are pushing won’t solve the problem because it
fails to address the source of the problem.
China out pollutes the next 6 countries on the top 10 list! |
Swiftboat??..... firstly, thanks for your service! Remind me the military branch you served with? In viet nam i worked with guys who had been on
the rivers.... I've never seen more severe PTSD. Did you manage to complete your military service with experiencing life crippling fear? Please share
with us.... chicken hawk.
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Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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mtgoat666
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Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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The war in Ukraine is having a massive impact on the environment.
"A team of carbon accounting experts has evaluated the climate impact of the first year of the conflict, which started in February 2022.
They found that a total of 120 million metric tons of planet-heating pollution can be attributed to the first 12 months of the war, according to the
report published Wednesday. That’s equivalent to the annual emissions of Belgium, or those produced by nearly 27 million gas-powered cars on the
road for a year."
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/07/europe/ukraine-war-climate-ch...
The rub is that Putin doesn't even evade if the US doesn't look so comically weak in Afghanistan.
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SFandH
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| Quote: Originally posted by JZ |
The war in Ukraine is having a massive impact on the environment.
They found that a total of 120 million metric tons of planet-heating pollution can be attributed to the first 12 months of the war, according to the
report published Wednesday. That’s equivalent to the annual emissions of Belgium, or those produced by nearly 27 million gas-powered cars on the
road for a year."
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/07/europe/ukraine-war-climate-ch...
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"27 million gas-powered cars"
According to Bard AI, there are 1.5 billion passenger vehicles on the road worldwide. Look it up.
27,000,000 / 1,500,000,000 = 27/1,500 = 0.018 * 100 = 1.8%
1.8%, yup, "massive impact". 
Caveat - I'm gettin' old. The arithmetic may be wrong.
[Edited on 6-24-2023 by SFandH]
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surabi
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Why is it that so many links that JZ posts go nowhere? That link brings up an error page.
SFandH- your math doesn't relate to the statement. If 27 million cars put out 120 billion metric tons of planet-warming pollution, that has nothing to
do with how many cars there are in total on the planet, except you'd multiply 120 billion by 55.55 to find out how many metric tons all the cars in
total put out.
As the cnn link is broken, I can't see if the article actually said something different than JZ's interpretation, which is often the case.
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I just thought that 27 million cars output 1.8% of the pollution that all the cars output. Not much of an increase. Faulty logic?
Besides, I don't understand what the point is that JZ is trying to make by saying war increases pollution.
Yes, his link is incomplete, truncated.
[Edited on 6-25-2023 by SFandH]
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mtgoat666
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Summer time
and the living ain't easy
the fish are jumpin’
and we all might die
Woke!
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Climate Projections Very Likely Underestimate Future Volcanic Forcing and Its Climatic Effects
“Climate projections are the simulations of Earth's climate in the future using complex climate models. Standard climate projections, as in
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report, assume that explosive volcanic activity over 2015–2100 are of the same level as
the 1850–2014 period. Using the latest ice-core and satellite records, we find that explosive eruptions could emit more sulfur dioxide into the
upper atmosphere for the period of 2015–2100 than standard climate projections. Our climate model simulations show that the impacts of volcanic
eruptions on climate, including global surface temperature, sea level and sea ice extent, are underestimated because current climate projections do
not fully account for the recurrent frequency of volcanic eruptions. We also find that small-magnitude eruptions occur frequently and can contribute a
significant effect on future climate.”
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL10...
[Edited on 6-25-2023 by RFClark]
[Edited on 6-25-2023 by RFClark]
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RFClark
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Goat, I always liked this one!
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mtgoat666
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Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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Since you are on a photo kick, here is 1 of the 100,000 children who are mining the raw materials for your EV batteries.
[Edited on 6-25-2023 by JZ]
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mtgoat666
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Humans approaching limits of ‘survivability’ as sweltering heatwaves engulf parts of Asia
“Long-term projections indicate that Indian heatwaves could cross the survivability limit for a healthy human resting in the shade by 2050,” the
study said. “They will impact the labor productivity, economic growth, and quality of life of around 310 - 480 million people.”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/26/india/india-heatwave-extreme-...
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“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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RFClark
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Goat,
The view from under your bed!
“ 2022 marked the 50th anniversary of the Club of Rome’s landmark report, ‘The Limits to Growth’. This report – first published on 2 March
1972 – was the first to model our planet’s interconnected systems and to make clear that if growth trends in population, industrialisation,
resource use and pollution continued unchanged, we would reach and then overshoot the carrying capacity of the Earth at some point in the next one
hundred years.”
The view if you go outside and look up at night!
“Only the 16th asteroid to be discovered, Psyche was found in 1852 by Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis, who named it for the goddess of the
soul in ancient Greek mythology.
What gives asteroid Psyche great scientific interest is that it is likely rich in metal. It may consist largely of metal from the core of a
planetesimal, one of the building blocks of the Sun’s planetary system. At Psyche scientists will explore, for the first time ever, a world made not
of rock or ice, but rich in metal.”
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JZ
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Yet it has been 290 days since Las Vegas hit 100 degrees. 2 days away from breaking the all time record. And SoCal recorded its 5th coldest Spring
ever.
Lets not forget that 50 years ago you were predicting a glacier was going to cover the US.
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The effects of atmospheric warming due to the burning of fossil fuel:
hot will be hotter
cold will be colder
wet will be wetter
dry will be drier
storms will be stronger
floods will be deeper
wildfires will be wilder
etc.
It's called climate change.
The atmosphere contains more energy. All types of weather and its effects will be more extreme, more devastating.
It's happening now, watch the news.
[Edited on 6-26-2023 by SFandH]
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