Posted on 02/16/2020 3:22:19 PM PST by Enlightened1
The United States led the entire world in reducing CO2 emissions last year while also experiencing solid economic growth, according to a newly released report.
“The United States saw the largest decline in energy-related CO2 emissions in 2019 on a country basis – a fall of 140 Mt, or 2.9%, to 4.8 Gt,” The International Energy Agency (IEA) reported on Tuesday. “US emissions are now down almost 1 Gt from their peak in the year 2000, the largest absolute decline by any country over that period.”
“A 15% reduction in the use of coal for power generation underpinned the decline in overall US emissions in 2019,” the IEA continued. “Coal-fired power plants faced even stronger competition from natural gas-fired generation, with benchmark gas prices an average of 45% lower than 2018 levels. As a result, gas increased its share in electricity generation to a record high of 37%. Overall electricity demand declined because demand for air-conditioning and heating was lower as a result of milder summer and winter weather.
The IEA noted that 80% of the increase in CO2 emissions came from Asia and that China and India both contributed significantly to the increase.
“In China, emissions rose but were tempered by slower economic growth and higher output from low-carbon sources of electricity,” the IEA reported. “Renewables continued to expand in China, and 2019 was also the first full year of operation for seven large-scale nuclear reactors in the country.”
“Emissions growth in India was moderate in 2019, with CO2 emissions from the power sector declining slightly as electricity demand was broadly stable and strong renewables growth prompted coal-fired electricity generation to fall for the first time since 1973,” the IEA concluded. “Continued growth in...
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So we are watching Alaska PD and they up this graphic that Alaska’s temperatures are rising FIVE TIMES FASTER than the rest of the planet. I know it’s BS but they send enough send this crap out there and they will eventually convince 51% of the people to let the government ruin our lives
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The little brain-damaged witch is convinced that Earth can ONLY be saved by all of us giving up EVERY modern convenience known to mankind, living in mud huts, eating vegetables and berries, and having 6/7ths of the population DIE NOW in order to drop carbon dioxide levels.
Death first.
That isn’t good enough, because we still have too many white men.
United States Led Entire World In Reducing CO2 Emissions In 2019
And who, exactly, was the President during that time?
Hey Thunberg: Bite me.
Go whine to India and China otherwise you’re just a puppet of the European Left.
Is this a continuing effect of anti-coal regulations enacted by Obama or is this mainly about the surge of natural gas thanks to fracking? Which is the bigger factor?
Down from what?
The US output has been voluntarily dropping for at least 15 years, while others have continued to rise.
This only matters if you believe CO2 is a bad thing. Recently I was at a business that had a big floor mat size sticker on the floor of a leaf. The slogan was something about how much they reduced their CO2 output.
I asked the manager if he knows the name of the gas those leaves thrive on and need.
So what, who cares and how does that help the world’s population?
That’s not the point, the point is the Left must be given the power, whether CO2 emissions decrease or not isn’t the point. The Point is Power!
CO2 has nothing to do with a clean environment. It’s the very basis of plant life. This bunch of dumbasses wants to reduce CO2 in the atmosphere, and plant billions of trees which need....... You guessed it, CO2
Fracking good news huh Gretta.
Cow deer ewe!
what a loser argument: “We’re not as bad as they are.” Gteta’s not going to care.
People need to be reminded (or for liberals - informed for the first time) that Americans are only 5% of the world's population and NOT the largest polluter and NOT the largest generator of CO2.
If they want to fight the stupid fight of combating the energy of the sun they should look at the other 95% of the population on the planet.
But of course, they concentrate on the USA because that is where the wealth is.
And the biggest concentration of easily duped wealthy lelftist elites.
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And capitalism was the cause for most of this reduction.
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I understand it was done with one arm tied around it’s back...
You are absolutely correct.
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