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GliderGuider

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1. I got an interesting result when I looked at the average growth in CO2 emissions by income group

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Fri May 9, 2014, 11:03 AM

May 2014

For this quick analysis I grouped nations into four income groups, and then totaled the change in CO2 emissions from 1998 to 2012 for all the nations in each group.

The national average income data (per capita GDP) is from the IMF, national CO2 data is from BP. 66 countries were included in the analysis, which is the number of individual nations whose CO2 emissions are reported by BP.

Rich nations averaged a slight decline over this 15-year period. There is little income-related difference between poor, lower and medium-income nations when India and China are taken out and treated as special cases.

For those inclined to point fingers, the culprits in AGW at this time seem to be solely China and India.

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I got an interesting result when I looked at the average growth in CO2 emissions by income group GliderGuider May 2014 #1

I'm not sure how you make that into 'the culprits are China and India' muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #2

The main purpose of the analysis was to investigate one claim in the article GliderGuider May 2014 #3

OK, I see muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #4

Yes, based on that division China would have been singled out. GliderGuider May 2014 #5

Interestingly, Saudi Arabia is in the 'high income' bracket, not the 'upper middle' muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #6

You gotta remember who your friends are... nt GliderGuider May 2014 #7