Record Jump in Emissions in 2010, Study Finds

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Source: NYT

Global emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil-fuel burning jumped by the largest amount on record last year, upending the notion that the brief decline during the recession might persist through the recovery.

Emissions rose 5.9 percent in 2010, according to an analysis released Sunday by the Global Carbon Project, an international collaboration of scientists tracking the numbers. Scientists with the group said the increase, a half-billion extra tons of carbon pumped into the air, was almost certainly the largest absolute jump in any year since the Industrial Revolution, and the largest percentage increase since 2003.

The increase solidified a trend of ever-rising emissions that scientists fear will make it difficult, if not impossible, to forestall severe climate change in coming decades.

The researchers said the high growth rate reflected a bounce-back from the 1.4 percent drop in emissions in 2009, the year the recession had its biggest impact.

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[Gregorian]

2. When you add a billion people to the planet since 1992, what do you expect?

They all need shoes, medical, food, diapers, cars, houses, schools, hot water...

More people means more emissions. Pretty much. Any argument is nitpicking. You can't make two billion shoes without some pretty major consequences.

The bottom line is more and more of the human race wants hot water, and a modern life. Translation- energy use. Most of which isn't renewable.

[glinda]

3. That is why the Conservative plans on the Planet will take care of that! People will die.

[JJW]

4. We have a carbon based economy

We need a sun based one to save ourselves from our corporate lords.

[defendandprotect]

5. Think ExxonMobil was cheering that they're expecting a 50% increase

in oil consumption in future -- !!

This is criminal, of course -- a crime against humanity -- !!