Originally Posted by
dave2010
A very interesting graph. What is the source?
Note however, that from the graph the CO2 emission due to China is matched approximately by "Other countries". It is interesting that India, which has a population not too much smaller than China, has relatively low CO2 emissions. Of course this could be that many Indians are relatively poorer than many Chinese, and the rise of the Chinese middle classes who are undoubtedly becoming significant consumers, does not help - even though a very significant proportion of Chinese people still live in very substandard conditions at the bottom end of their society.
I have suggested before that the UK could do more good in respect of global emissions by exerting influence on the big CO2 emitters, to help them to become more efficient - without worsening their lives overall, rather than trying to substitute EVs etc. for petrol cars in the UK, which will have relatively little effect.
However, it may still be desirable to move towards EVs in the UK, as they will improve the environment generally, particularly in cities.
Just a Wiki article. As Clive correctly points out, some of the drop in the EU and sharp rise in China is due to all the things we import from there, so not all down to growth in China I don’t think.
I agree EV’s would make a lot of sense in cities.
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