Fill ’er up. Burn it down (www.nationalobserver.com)

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[-] n2burns@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

I wish this article would address change in population.

Country	1990 Population	2024 Population	% Change
Canada	27,512,000	40,861,221	+48.5%
USA	248,709,873	336,030,624	+35.1%
Japan	123,611,167	122,631,43	-9.0%
Italy	56,756,561	58,697,744	+3.4%
France	56,412,897	64,881,830	+15.0%
EU	418,764,395	448,387,872	+7.0%
Germany	79,370,196	83,252,474	+4.9%
UK	57,210,443	67,961,440	+18.8%

This isn't an excuse and we need to do a whole lot better as a country. I just think blaming our increase of carbon output on transportation and not looking at per capita numbers gives the oilsands and other heavy industries a pass. I'd love to see more active/public transportation (and some EVs, but that's an inefficient solution for the ~85% of Canadians living in urban areas).