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Originally Posted by Scooter
How many of you realize that the vast majority of CO2 emissions is not from cars burning gas, but from coal burning for electricity? Cars do contribute quite a bit, but if we just cleaned up our electricity source, C02 levels would be way down. Too much focus is on cars in my opinion. Below is a study done in 1999 that you may find interesting. The coal numbers are worse today than they were in 1999.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/co2_report/co2report.html#electric |
Did they mention China in that at all? Speaking of coal, we're in for a treat in 2010.