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OKIsItJustMe

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7. However, energy intensity is down as well

Reply to NickB79 (Reply #6)

Thu May 12, 2016, 06:00 PM

May 2016

http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=26152

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Adjusted for inflation, the economy in 2015 was 15% larger than it was in 2005, but the U.S. energy intensities and carbon intensities have both declined. On a per-dollar of gross domestic product (GDP) basis, in 2015, the United States used 15% less energy per unit of GDP and produced 23% fewer energy-related CO2 emissions per unit of GDP, compared with the energy and emissions per dollar of GDP in 2005.

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U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in 2015 are 12% below their 2005 levels [View all] OKIsItJustMe May 2016 OP

84 years to go... Kip Humphrey May 2016 #1

The data from the very same agency shows that US carbon dioxide emission decreases... NNadir May 2016 #2

”US carbon dioxide emission decreases associate with increasing use of … natural gas.” OKIsItJustMe May 2016 #3

The experimental danger, observed over half a century of direct experience of nuclear energy... NNadir May 2016 #4

I did not claim that nuclear power was a greater danger than fossil fuels OKIsItJustMe May 2016 #5

You didn't? Why then are you citing a trivial issue as the majority of your post? NNadir May 2016 #10

I believe you have a distorted view of reality OKIsItJustMe May 2016 #13

Uranium Mines Dot Navajo Land, Neglected and Still Perilous OKIsItJustMe May 2016 #8

Really? You're serious? Since you started this thread with great praise for the gas industry... NNadir May 2016 #9

“… great praise for the gas industry …” OKIsItJustMe May 2016 #12

On the flip side, we're emitting a LOT more methane than we thought we were NickB79 May 2016 #6

However, energy intensity is down as well OKIsItJustMe May 2016 #7

Yes, and April's global CO2 readings were up FOUR ppm from April 2015 hatrack May 2016 #11

Every little bit (and all that) OKIsItJustMe May 2016 #14