Realistic_Turn2374
Realistic_Turn2374 t1_jdzj2dq wrote
Reply to comment by Inevitable_Syrup777 in The Greenland Ice Sheet is close to a melting point of no return by Vucea
For it to emit the majority they would need to emit more than 50%.
What you mean is that they are the country that currently emits the most. Although if we look for cummulative CO2, the US wins by a lot, then it is the European Union and then China. This matters because the C02 that is warming up the environment is not just what we emmit every year, but what we have emmited over all.
China is currently the main emissor, and they do need to do something about it (and they are doing it by being the biggest clean energy producer), but let's not forget that they are the second most populated country in the world and that they manufacture products for the rest of the planet too. The US, in comparison with only a small fraction of their population, pollutes too much.
Realistic_Turn2374 t1_j67uqtd wrote
Reply to comment by candykissnips in Kenya’s Producing Its First Electric Buses — 1,000 Buses Over 3 Years by Peugeot905
I made I quick search on the internet. Apparently cars, vans, buses and trucks account for 20% of carbon global emissions. If they were all electric, there would still produce some CO2, but from what I have read, it would account for somewhere between 6 to 8% of the global emissions today, and it will be less if we use more renewable energies to produce electricity, so we can expect that number to be lower in the future.
That wouldn't be enough to stop global warming completely, but the difference is huge.
Realistic_Turn2374 t1_j5wd3de wrote
Reply to Portugal Population Density Map, done with R using the Rayshader package. [OC] by Specialist_Cow2011
As in the Spanish map, the islands are missing. Why do you guys from the continent always forget about us?
Realistic_Turn2374 t1_j163otw wrote
Reply to [OC] English Words of Spanish Origin and the Number of Mentions in Wikipedia by OfficialWireGrind
Some of these are used in Spanish, but are definitely not of Spanish origin, like "chocolate" or "potato", which come from languages spoken in the Americas before the Spanish arrived, but I guess English took them from Spanish after Spanish took them from the native languages.
Realistic_Turn2374 t1_ixucvf9 wrote
Reply to comment by maurymarkowitz in Solar farms in space demo could be ready by 2030 by Soupjoe5
Thank you! That's what I wanted to know.
Realistic_Turn2374 t1_ixtrra7 wrote
I am not a scientist. I hope someone can answer my question.
Would the energy sent from space to Earth interfere in any way with our atmosphere? Would the ozone layer be affected?
Realistic_Turn2374 t1_ixroo03 wrote
Reply to comment by MarkVarga in [OC] Countries the most museums in top 50 most visited by hcrx
Me too. I thought maybe it was because I am not a native speaker, but I still can't understand the meaning of it.
Realistic_Turn2374 t1_iuhrupb wrote
Reply to comment by pjepja in Czechs rally against rising extremism and voice support for Ukraine by WexfordHo
Yeah, I'm sure it depends on many things (nationality, region, person...). I'm Spanish.
Realistic_Turn2374 t1_iuh60h3 wrote
Reply to comment by pjepja in Czechs rally against rising extremism and voice support for Ukraine by WexfordHo
For me the European Union flag is way more representative than the US flag, but of course, I am European. I can't picture myself or any of my European friends carrying an American flag.
Realistic_Turn2374 t1_iucnh6f wrote
Reply to comment by livesarah in Megalopolis: how coastal west Africa will shape the coming century. by filosoful
Ok, fair enough. But which countries? France, Belgium, Portugal, and the British Empire.
Realistic_Turn2374 t1_iucmcdb wrote
Reply to comment by username98812 in Megalopolis: how coastal west Africa will shape the coming century. by filosoful
Yes, you are not wrong. But current Europeans are not the same ones who brought those problems centuries ago.
Realistic_Turn2374 t1_jdzjfqp wrote
Reply to comment by ToothlessGrandma in The Greenland Ice Sheet is close to a melting point of no return by Vucea
> Instead of investing in renewable energy, they're doing everything they can to contribute to global warming.
This is a lie. China invests more in renewable energy than any other country and per capita the US emmits 4 times more than China. On top of that, China produces products for the rest of the world. If the average Chinese person spent as much as the average American, China would produce 4 times the amount of CO2 they produce now. Luckily for us, Chinese dont't waste nearly as much as Americans.