Who is the average person? Is it the global average person? Is it the average American? I mean as an Australian I am responsible for far more emissions than the average Papuan.
The worst countries for energy use per capita are mostly middle-eastern oil and gas producers, and places that are very cold and energy producers (Iceland, Norway, Canada), and for some reason Singapore and Trinidad and Tobago.
If you look at just fossil fuel use per capita the picture is slightly different. Iceland drops way down the list. They use a lot of energy, but it’s mostly geothermal and hydroelectric. After the middle east, Singapore and Trinidad and Tobago it’s USA and Canada at the top. Canada is basically USA with cold winters. Then it’s South Korea, Russia, Australia, etc.
I think what they mean in this case is “the average person”, i.e. divide all the CO2 produced by 8.2 billion. Since half of those people live in massive poverty and have virtually no carbon footprint, the per-person number is much less than any Australian, Canadian, American, etc.
Yeah, i think separating billionaires from the rest goes some way to making working and middle class people feel like that we’ve done our bit. By that, I mean it may as well be a billionaire compared to some one in extreme poverty.
On a side note, I wonder if those maritime countries pay a penalty for all the fossil fueled powered shipping they need. Also Singapore is a major oil refiner which might be affecting them.
I was thinking that maybe this has to do with “flag of convenience” status. If a Singapore-flagged ship burns massive amounts of fossil fuels but the owners are Australian and the crew is Filipino, does the country of Singapore get the CO2 bill?
But, the list of biggest flag of convenience countries does (sort of) include Singapore, but not Trinidad and Tobago. And, if shipping mattered you’d think Liberia would be higher on the CO2 per capita list.
As for making people feel like we’ve done our bit. Yeah, I don’t fly around the world in a private jet. Or, like some billionaires, fly around with 2 private jets, the second one on standby in case there’s an issue with the first one. I just don’t think that’s a good excuse for not examining how I live. There are hundreds of millions of people like me, and only about 3000 billionaires in the world.
Who is the average person? Is it the global average person? Is it the average American? I mean as an Australian I am responsible for far more emissions than the average Papuan.
The worst countries for energy use per capita are mostly middle-eastern oil and gas producers, and places that are very cold and energy producers (Iceland, Norway, Canada), and for some reason Singapore and Trinidad and Tobago.
If you look at just fossil fuel use per capita the picture is slightly different. Iceland drops way down the list. They use a lot of energy, but it’s mostly geothermal and hydroelectric. After the middle east, Singapore and Trinidad and Tobago it’s USA and Canada at the top. Canada is basically USA with cold winters. Then it’s South Korea, Russia, Australia, etc.
I think what they mean in this case is “the average person”, i.e. divide all the CO2 produced by 8.2 billion. Since half of those people live in massive poverty and have virtually no carbon footprint, the per-person number is much less than any Australian, Canadian, American, etc.
Yeah, i think separating billionaires from the rest goes some way to making working and middle class people feel like that we’ve done our bit. By that, I mean it may as well be a billionaire compared to some one in extreme poverty.
On a side note, I wonder if those maritime countries pay a penalty for all the fossil fueled powered shipping they need. Also Singapore is a major oil refiner which might be affecting them.
I was thinking that maybe this has to do with “flag of convenience” status. If a Singapore-flagged ship burns massive amounts of fossil fuels but the owners are Australian and the crew is Filipino, does the country of Singapore get the CO2 bill?
But, the list of biggest flag of convenience countries does (sort of) include Singapore, but not Trinidad and Tobago. And, if shipping mattered you’d think Liberia would be higher on the CO2 per capita list.
As for making people feel like we’ve done our bit. Yeah, I don’t fly around the world in a private jet. Or, like some billionaires, fly around with 2 private jets, the second one on standby in case there’s an issue with the first one. I just don’t think that’s a good excuse for not examining how I live. There are hundreds of millions of people like me, and only about 3000 billionaires in the world.