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on Wednesday November 16 2016, @08:39PM
from the heavy-use-continues-but-increase-leveled-off dept.
from the heavy-use-continues-but-increase-leveled-off dept.
Declining consumption of coal in the US last year played a significant role in keeping down global emissions of carbon dioxide, according to a new report.
The Global Carbon Project annual analysis shows that CO2 emissions were almost flat for the third year in a row, despite a rise in economic growth.
The slowdown in the Chinese economy since 2012 has also been a key factor limiting carbon.
Experts believe it is too early to say if global CO2 emissions have peaked.
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Global Carbon Growth Stalls as US Coal Continues to Slump
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(Score: 4, Informative) by JoeMerchant on Thursday November 17 2016, @01:05AM
The planet can ramp up and sustain a response to a constant emission of CO2, algae blooms in the ocean become more plentiful, trees and grasses grow more vigorously, etc. If we could stop the growth of CO2 emissions (long term), there's a _chance_ that we'll level out at a nice avoid-the-current-ice-age temperature.
If we continue to expand CO2 emissions in-step with economic and population growth, Canada and Siberia are going to start looking like great places to own land - shortly before WWIII breaks out over all the shifting of natural resource availability.
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