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? asked in EnvironmentGlobal Warming · 2 years ago

Why do oil countries have a higher per capita global warming emissions?

The list is topped by the likes of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait.

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  • 2 years ago
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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.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    2 years ago

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Small populations

  • ?
    Lv 6
    2 years ago

    Because they all know the Sun is the major driver of the Climate and are ignoring the IPCC propaganda hoax.

  • Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Cause the food they give their employees makes them fart more!

  • 2 years ago

    Because the emissions from oil production are usually included in the emission figures. Such computations skew results. A true measure of per capita carbon footprint for oil producing nations would count the emissions from oil for export towards the carbon footprints of the consuming nations.

  • 2 years ago

    A follow-up question would be: Why don't those "oil countries" have the highest levels of CO2?

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  • 2 years ago

    Relatively low population, high standards of living, and cheap oil.

  • 2 years ago

    Fake figures. The Liberal West have now declared a War on Cattle, Sheep and Goats.

  • 2 years ago

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