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GliderGuider

(21,088 posts)
Wed Apr 24, 2013, 08:50 PM Apr 2013

The Historical Carbon Intensity of World Energy



The low intensities before 1900 are due to the relatively high contribution of biomass to the primary energy mix, while the carbon emission measurements from CDIAC only cover fossil fuels and cement manufacture.

We are making no overall progress whatsoever in reducing the carbon intensity of our aggregate energy use. We were making some progress for 35 years, but then China decided to join the 20th century at the beginning of the 21st, and that was the end of that.
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The Historical Carbon Intensity of World Energy (Original Post) GliderGuider Apr 2013 OP
the real problem ... overeating quadrature Apr 2013 #1
Do you really think that obesity is a bigger problem than... GliderGuider Apr 2013 #2
 

quadrature

(2,049 posts)
1. the real problem ... overeating
Thu Apr 25, 2013, 03:24 AM
Apr 2013

the next time you are out in public,
look around.
many people have been overfed

solution...
food rationing

 

GliderGuider

(21,088 posts)
2. Do you really think that obesity is a bigger problem than...
Thu Apr 25, 2013, 01:28 PM
Apr 2013

...destroying the planet's atmosphere?

Don't worry, climate change is going to fix the global obesity problem in short order.

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