Comment Comment by Retric US fossil fuel consumption has been dropping for a while, with per person emissions peaked in the 70’s. Population growth offset that, but total US CO2 emissions peaked in 2007. https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/carb...Globally population and economic growth has hidden the trends, but kg per PPP $ of GDP shows very steady improvements. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.ATM.CO2E.PP.GDThis goes beyond simple efficiency gains, fossil fuels are inherently limited in what they can provide and we are moving past them. parent Retric 6 years ago
Globally population and economic growth has hidden the trends, but kg per PPP $ of GDP shows very steady improvements. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.ATM.CO2E.PP.GD
This goes beyond simple efficiency gains, fossil fuels are inherently limited in what they can provide and we are moving past them.