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Is This The Year Of Peak Energy Emissions? (cleantechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Q: Why are energy-related emissions ready to decline for the first time since the Industrial Revolution?

A:Before the Industrial Revolution (1760-1840), emissions were very low. As the WEF explains, however, with the increased use of fossil fuels to power machines, emissions rose to 6 billion tons of CO₂ per year globally by 1950. The amount had almost quadrupled by 1990, reaching a rate of over 22 billion tons per year. Currently, the world emits over 34 billion tons of CO₂ each year. Since 1751, the world has emitted over 1.5 trillion tons of CO₂ cumulatively.

The answer presented in this article doesn't seem to address the question

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Huh, they really don't, do they? That's a bit sloppy.

The article they link goes into a bit more detail, though: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/11/peak-energy-emissions-a-historic-moment-overshadowed-by-the-endurance-of-fossil-fuels/