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In reply to the discussion: A simple graph: The primary energy mix [View all]NickB79
(19,233 posts)24. GDP and CO2 decoupled for one reason alone
Outsourcing.
The decoupling shown in your graph started LONG before renewables were booming anywhere globally. Why?
Because the US and EU moved from factory driven economies to service based ones. The factories were then built in China and India instead. Moving CO2 emissions from one nation to another didn't make them any less real.
When China's economy decouples from CO2 emissions, it will be in large part due to a similar transition. In which case, the world will find another impoverished nation to set up to supply us with cheap plastic and potmetal crap (most likely Africa and Southeast Asia).
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Notice the green bar is growing much more rapidly (compared to its early years) than the black one.
dimbear
Oct 2013
#1
That's exactly the point I keep making, that the boosters don't want to address. nt
GliderGuider
Oct 2013
#36
Yet that 'warped thinking' follows reality, and what most people expect
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2013
#23
CO2 is a well-mixed GHG. That means that local production is a global issue.
GliderGuider
Oct 2013
#14