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Originally Posted by Barnes
Looking at emissions for a single year and deciding what's meaningful and what is not is a pretty stupid way at looking at emissions. All it tells you is who emitted the most that year.
CO2 and effects on our climate are cumulative. All the CO2 and GHG emitted since the industrial revolution add up to where we are today. In terms of CO2 emitted since 1850, Canada ranks 10th of all the countries in the world.
Our scope 3 emissions and per capita numbers are also high.
Our emissions matter. We've historically punched way above our weight in our contributions to GHG emissions.
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Still less than 2% of the total cumulative CO2 emissions, and shrinking every year.
In fact, the Uk, which started industrializing in 1698, is only 3% of the world's total cumulative emissions. China equals that amount every SEVEN years.