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3. I have my doubts about how footprints are calculated
Mon Apr 15, 2019, 09:30 PM
Apr 2019

like - it would be stupid IMO if emissions from making consumable goods and cars were attributed to the place where they were made instead of the place they were consumed. I have a feeling all of those cruise ships make the 'footprints' spike in Caribbean countries when it's no doubt people from elsewhere who are taking the cruises.

At any rate - there is this article suggesting that Finland's 'footprint' is large for the EU (they must have high heating costs for one thing):

http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/14913-finns-have-one-of-the-biggest-carbon-footprints-in-eu.html

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