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steev hise

@johncarlosbaez @kevinrns the little dip in your graph even for US alone is due to covid, most likely. Overall there’s no slowdown in our march toward global doom.

28 January at 20:50 | Wall-to-wall | Open on todon.eu
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Kevin Russell

@detritus @johncarlosbaez

Thanks for blah blah blah exxon, and bye.

28 January at 21:09 | Open on mstdn.social
John Carlos Baez

@detritus - No, the decline in US carbon dioxide emissions is not due to COVID. If you actually look at the graph you'll see US carbon emissions have been dropping since 2007, with little wiggles. They've dropped 20% since 2007 - and we expect them to keep dropping!

There was indeed a plunge during COVID, and it bounced back in 2023. But US carbon dioxide emissions in 2023 were 4,778 megatonnes, down 20% from the peak in 2007, namely 6016 megatonnes. Carbon emissions are expected to drop in 2024.

Too bad this information isn't more widely known! For data up to 2022 go here:

statista.com/statistics/183943

and for more recent data go here:

eia.gov/outlooks/steo/report/t

@kevinrns

@detritus - No, the decline in US carbon dioxide emissions is not due to COVID. If you actually look at the graph you'll see US carbon emissions have been dropping since 2007, with little wiggles. They've dropped 20% since 2007 - and we expect them to keep dropping!

There was indeed a plunge during COVID, and it bounced back in 2023. But US carbon dioxide emissions in 2023 were 4,778 megatonnes, down 20% from the peak in 2007, namely 6016 megatonnes. Carbon emissions are expected to drop in 2024.

29 January at 3:23 | Open on mathstodon.xyz
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