Britons named world's biggest emitters

[ZenGum]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

China and India will beat us out as the biggest emitters within the next three years.

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Biggest in total, true (and China may well be there already). But per capita, you guys still kick arse.
I wonder how it works out per unit of GDP? Whose economy is the most efficient at creating wealth with the lowest emissions. I'd tip Japan. Industry here is mostly high-tech, and public transport is fantastic.
Anyone got any -gasp- facts?

EDIT *follows links in Mercenary's post* Good graphs, Merc. I'll look for per capita and per GDP breakdowns.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Biggest in total, true (and China may well be there already). But per capita, you guys still kick arse.
I wonder how it works out per unit of GDP? Whose economy is the most efficient at creating wealth with the lowers emissions. I'd tip Japan. Industry here is mostly high-tech, and public transport is fantastic.
Anyone got any -gasp- facts?

There might be some here: http://rainforests.mongabay.com/09-carbon_emissions.htm

I have not looked.

[ZenGum]

Thanks Merc, couldn't find the breakdowns I wanted there but some interesting (and generally depressing) stuff. Especially that renewables have lost market share in the US since 2002 This bodes ill.

http://www.mongabay.com/images/2006/..._1996-2004.jpg
http://www.mongabay.com/images/2006/...y_con_2005.jpg

[ZenGum]

But back to the main issue here ... who does fart the most?

Chinese, with all that cabbage?
British, with their beer and egg-and-chips?
Americans, because everything is usually their fault? (joking, UG!)
Russians ... Borscht ....
Anyone?