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Half of greenhouse gases emitted by five nations, including Japan

World Dec. 02, 2011 - 06:50AM JST ( 14 )

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HonestDictatorDec. 02, 2011 - 07:44AM JST

Seriously the US could start dropping those emmissions, but hey, the world runs on greed and we're not going to see any changes unless super green costs super cheap. I still have to applaud my city though since the days of pollution filled air has gone down in the last 25 years compared to what it used to be. To be able to get back to the days of prehistoric clean air would be very interesting.
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NeverSubmitDec. 02, 2011 - 08:04AM JST

For those that are personally concerned about CO2 emissions, stop exhaling.

The world will be better for it as the rest of us will be spared all your hot air.
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SerranoDec. 02, 2011 - 08:11AM JST

"carbon pollution"

It's not pollution, it's just carbon dioxide. The Earth's temperature is going to go up or down according to whatever Mother Nature wants, regardless of what CO2 is emitted by humans.
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smithinjapanDec. 02, 2011 - 09:09AM JST

Serrano: "The Earth's temperature is going to go up or down according to whatever Mother Nature wants, regardless of what CO2 is emitted by humans."

More ignorance. Mother nature may well be the ultimate force in all this, but push the old mother down the stairs and keep her in poor conditions and she'll deteriorate a whole lot faster.

I'm inclined to agree with Honest Dictator this time around -- it's greed, pure and simple, although I'd say it's more the greed of oil companies and such who are reluctant to give up the cash cows and instead are resisting the newer technologies. There needs be some sacrifice to make the greener technologies cheaper and more available, and that's got to come from the top, obviously.
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SquidBertDec. 02, 2011 - 10:16AM JST

Half of greenhouse gases emitted by five nations, including Japan (China, the United States, India, Russia and Japan )

Well it is not so surprising considering that those countries account for something like 47-48% of world population and has a large part of the worlds production industries.

India released 1.4ton of CO2 per capita and year while the US released 17.5 tons per year and capita in 2008. Japan was something like 9.9.

It would be interesting how much is accounted for by industry, house holds and cars in each of those countries.
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cactusJackDec. 02, 2011 - 10:37AM JST

Most of the methane is from me, though.
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jforceDec. 02, 2011 - 11:09AM JST

Canada in the top ten? How many Molson breweries are there?
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Elbuda MexicanoDec. 02, 2011 - 12:27PM JST

Just fly over California!! Almost NO SOLAR panels!! What a waste of solar energy!!!!
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NeverSubmitDec. 02, 2011 - 08:02PM JST

Do these numbers include the CO2 that's emitted from Coca-cola, Champagne and sparkling water.

Europeans drink sparkling water like crazy. Is that counted in these figures. I doubt it, but should it be?
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SuperLibDec. 02, 2011 - 10:07PM JST

What happens to the list if you include the emissions as a function of GDP?
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NeverSubmitDec. 02, 2011 - 11:19PM JST

Japanese supermarkets use a lot of dry ice in the summer time.

Dry ice is CO2 in solid form.

All the supermarkets and food delivery companies must be going through tonnes of pure CO2 each day on hot summer days.

Is dry ice included in these figures?
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TheQuestionDec. 03, 2011 - 12:03AM JST

There needs be some sacrifice to make the greener technologies cheaper and more available, and that's got to come from the top, obviously.

Why? GE and companies around the world are already throwing billions into R&D on this stuff and most of it still isn't commercially viable without absurd amounts of government subsidy, and even that isn't enough in many cases. I maintain the opinion that all alternative fuel sources should be developed as normal, companies aren't suicidal and most major oil companies are already heavily invested in the alt energy market. Most current sources are just terrible at producing energy.

I'd say that a lot of the CO2 emissions would be cut if we were to get back into building newer nuclear reactors but hey, that only makes sense in the long term. Solar power has natural limitations and with climbing populations wind farms take up a lot of space, neither is consistent with the needs of an expanding global population. If we don't consider ALL alternatives we're sunk.
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zichiDec. 03, 2011 - 12:58AM JST

Since 3/11 the total CO2 produced by Japan only increased by 4% which is very workable since first only 18 nuclear were operating, and now that's down to 10. Extra power was generated by gas and some coal increase.

Japan produces less CO2 per capita than many other countries.

While production of greenhouse gases should remain a concern for all countries, Japan has too much to resolve to put it top of its agenda.

America, China and India didn't even sign the Kyoto Protocol.

The government spends ¥500 billion every year, on energy R&D with nuclear energy getting the lion's share and renewables only 8%. Those figures should be reversed.
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Jared NormanDec. 03, 2011 - 05:16AM JST

The farms in fukushima should be shifted to bio-fuel farms. No one will eat the food from their, but maybe an environmental study can be done to see if bio fuel farms are safe.