tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post6113050893237322767..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: A little exercise: when will we run out?byron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-71905656187616415452012-10-02T11:27:52.106+01:002012-10-02T11:27:52.106+01:00Great.Great.jaffahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01507741685542014851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-64366581111516601542012-07-31T22:18:23.996+01:002012-07-31T22:18:23.996+01:00Yes, per capita might be a more useful way of doin...Yes, per capita might be a more useful way of doing the exercise. Of course, you've got to remember that your allocation is to be shared between you and all your descendants.<br /><br />Though that's oversimplifying somewhat, due to the complexities of the carbon cycle meaning that while cumulative emissions is a reasonable approximation, it does not actually capture the dynamics of the byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-39718431802847749222012-07-31T01:49:02.348+01:002012-07-31T01:49:02.348+01:00What's perhaps super interesting is that I did...What's perhaps super interesting is that I did the exercise for the U.S., without thinking too much about it, and then realized that the Aus number actually more accurately "belongs" to me. The U.S. it going to hit that wall by 2017 or so.<br /><br />There should be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita" rel="nofollow">a listBenjamin Adyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03325520894212279303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-59206076572643981962012-07-26T14:53:10.001+01:002012-07-26T14:53:10.001+01:00France
Population: 65,350,000 on January 1, 2012 ...<b>France</b><br /><br />Population: 65,350,000 on January 1, 2012 = 0.93% of global population.<br /><br />0.93% x 565 Gt CO2 = 5.2545 Gt CO2<br /><br />Annual emissions (2008) = 0.377 Gt CO2.<br /><br />5.2545/0.377 = 13.94 years.<br /><br />France, including their nuclear build, will run out of their share of emissions by 2026.<br /><br /><br /><br /><b>Denmark</b><br /><br />Population: byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-47556669111003524502012-07-25T12:32:07.453+01:002012-07-25T12:32:07.453+01:00Don't forget point 7.
7. France decided to mo...Don't forget point 7.<br /><br />7. France decided to move from oil-fired electricity to clean nuclear powered electricity and achieved that in just 20 years. France enjoys abundant affordable electricity at just 90grams of carbon per kwh, but Denmark remains at 650grams. Despite 20 years of deploying wind power.<br /><br />In other words, the moral of this story is that it's nuclear Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-11911536967501465082012-07-24T23:14:12.244+01:002012-07-24T23:14:12.244+01:00Conversation: Australia is not de-carbonising.
&q...Conversation: <a href="https://theconversation.edu.au/the-carbon-tax-markets-wont-deliver-necessary-emission-cuts-7878" rel="nofollow">Australia is not de-carbonising</a>.<br /><br />"We like to believe that technology can solve the problems we face without the need for serious social change. But we’ve made no progress in reducing CO₂ emissions since the first IPCC report more than two byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-59108924063311489772012-07-24T22:53:18.160+01:002012-07-24T22:53:18.160+01:00Of course, this particular exercise was already be...Of course, this particular exercise was already being suggested more than five years ago, and from that perspective, Australia's share has already expired.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.com