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Psephos

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2. Yet the US is currently #1 in total CO2 reductions.

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Thu Jul 12, 2012, 10:42 PM

Jul 2012

Last year, the US matched 1996 levels, and this year is expected to match 1990 levels. This is largely due to a substantial switchover from coal to natural gas for electricity production, which burns much more cleanly. In Europe, coal use has gone up, not down, and this trend is expected to continue. Natural gas in the U.S. is less than a quarter the cost of natural gas in Europe.

http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/pdf/sec12_3.pdf

http://www.iea.org/newsroomandevents/news/2012/may/name,27216,en.html

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UK ranked most energy efficient of world's largest economies [View all] alp227 Jul 2012 OP

The Acutal American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Report happyslug Jul 2012 #1

Yet the US is currently #1 in total CO2 reductions. Psephos Jul 2012 #2

That's a reduction from an amount that had grown since 1990 muriel_volestrangler Jul 2012 #3

Nonetheless, it is the best overall reduction rate among countries. n/t Psephos Jul 2012 #8

Only in the last few years muriel_volestrangler Jul 2012 #10

Seems like a lot of maneuvering to avoid saying this isn't such a bad thing. :) Psephos Jul 2012 #11

The US produces nearly 2x the CO2 per capita of the UK Spider Jerusalem Jul 2012 #5

I posted about relative reductions in CO2 production. Psephos Jul 2012 #7

Thats aggregate : not / capita. dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #9

However, aggregate, not per-capita, has the largest global impact... Psephos Jul 2012 #12

The US' "long-running love affair with gas guzzling cars" primavera Jul 2012 #4

A substantially higher population density does wonders 4th law of robotics Jul 2012 #6