Why do oil countries have a higher per capita global warming emissions?
The list is topped by the likes of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait.
The list is topped by the likes of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait.
Sagebrush
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Really? According to some experts it is just the opposite. Here is why: Cooking and heating require a certain amount of energy per capita. To get that energy in undeveloped countries, the people there use manure, weeds, wood, and other inefficient means of energy. There is no formal measurement of these but the emissions are quite visible and abundant.
Here in Kentucky, a few years back many people were burning wood in their fireplaces to the extent that there was more pollution than the authorities deemed appropriate. They were trying to outlaw wood burning for heating.
In Truckee, California a few years back, the main source of heat was those efficient wood stoves. Everyone used them. Smoke was very thick. So thick that the authorities attempted to outlaw wood burning for heat. There was a great amount of resistance and I don't know how that turned out. But it just shows that the per capita emissions of non-fossil fuel could be higher. No one has yet to be able to quantify that. So we can't be sure. At least on a per capita basis.
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Small populations
Anonymous
Cause the food they give their employees makes them fart more!
vulcan_alex
Relatively low population, high standards of living, and cheap oil.