Posted on 05/19/2023 7:37:50 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Everyone will have to ratchet down their standard of living by over 75%
A recent piece in BBC’s “Future World” series on its surface celebrates someone who choose to live an “ultra low carbon lifestyle”. They made a conscious and individual decision to bring their own personal carbon footprint down below 2 metric tonnes per year.
Throughout the developed world, per capita carbon output ranges from 4.46 (France) to Canada being the highest at 15.43.
Via GlobalEconomy.com
The article talks about the personal challenges around living an ultra-low carbon lifestyle. According to the piece, 2 tonnes/year is also about half the output of a single gas powered car in the US, so the first step for any Americans (or Canadians) wanting to do this, they would have to start by ditching their cars.
Other behaviours which move the needle would be: eating a plant based diet, buying green energy and forgoing one transatlantic round-trip per year.
In terms of what level of personal CO2 emissions gets the job done “for the climate”, estimates vary. While the 2 tonne number was somewhat arbitrary, there are other climate focused think tanks that feel the number has to be 1.4 tonnes of C02 per person by 2040 and 0.7 by 2050.
The Fallacy of per-capita output
Going back to Canada’s “excessive” carbon footprint – if we look at a metric that really means anything – total CO2 output – Canada is basically a rounding error to the world’s largest emitter, China.
At an average annual temperature at -4 to -5 celsius, Canada is also the coldest G7 nation. So perhaps we can forgive the Canucks for not wanting to freeze to death – even if it means emitting Co2 for heat. Also worth noting that far more humans are killed each year from being cold (17.7 million per year, on average) than from being too warm (2.2 million per year), roughly 8X.
Here’s the thing: everybody has to comply
While the overall timbre of the piece lauds the story’s protagonist (a communications officer at a climate non-profit) over her decision to make this lifestyle choice, sprinkled throughout are casual, back-handed references at where all this is going...
“what do truly low-carbon lifestyles look like – and can they really be achieved by personal choice alone?“ the article laments.
Yep. Force is the only way to deal with us pea brains!
Are the forest fires the reason Canada is so high ? LOL, I can’t see how they can calculate the stupid numbers anyway ,LOL
FO BBC. Turn your lights off and quit broadcasting if you’re worried.
Hey ‘beebs’.............phu cough! When they make the decision to cease broadcasting using anything other than solar mills and wind panels for power, get back to us. On second thought, don’t waste our time or yours. Fookin’ idjits!
Plant based diet is very unhealthy , they want us to die
Dear Watermelon Greens: please go pound sand at your leisure
+1
Beat me to it. The whiners are usually the worst offenders.
How do you give every African in the U.S. 5 million bucks and then $240,000 a year for 250 years and ratchet down their standard of living by 75%?
Bring back the guillotines.
Xi chuckles
Hey America!!!!
Fire up those BBQs, coa! generators, coal furnaces, ICE autos.
We’re behind the Canadians!!!
Time to MAGA!!!
Social Credit Scores will be one way to force people to comply.
Canada is cold and the people are far apart there. Leads to more energy use.
Why don’t they just shut China down, like cutting off commerce with China, therefore, no need for business, therefore, their pollution drops. Further, someone needs to explain why we continue to exempt China and India from all of these climate, hysteria, mandates and requirements.
Satan’s climate cult demands absolute control! His motto, “you will worship the beast and be grateful!”
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