In light of the demonstration by Australian school students and others on Friday, March 15th 2019, I went looking for some information regards Australia’s contribution to Global Warming.
And what I found was interesting – You might think from the Labour and Greens side of politics that Australia was a significant contributor to Green House Gas emissions. Couldn’t be further from the truth.
Australia doesn’t figure in the top 10 and in fact we’re a very minor player in this area. The buck stops with China (26.83%), USA (14.36%) India (6.65%) and The European Union (9.66%) for a total of 57.5% of the total GHG emission of 43737.3 Million Tons.
Global contribution to Green House Gas emissions
Australia
Energy 422.7 Million Tons or .97% of the total global emission output
Agriculture 124.5 Million Tons or .28% of the total
Total 580.1 Million Tons or 1.33% of the total global emission output
USA
Energy 5495 Million Tons or 12.56% of the total global emission output
Agriculture 351.6 Million Tons or .8% of the total
Industry 270.0 Million Tons or .62%
Total 6279.8 Million Tons or 14.36% of the total global emission output
China
Energy 9430.2 Million Tons or 21.56% of the total global emission output
Agriculture 124.5 Million Tons or .28% of the total global emission output
Industry 1408.4 Million Tons or 3.22% of the total global emission output
Total 11735 Million Tons or 26.83% of the total global emission output
India
Energy 2027.9 Million Tons or 4.64% of the total global emission output
Agriculture 628.3 Million Tons or 1.44 of the total global emission output
Industry 192.6 Million Tons or .44% of the total global emission output
Total 2909.1 Million Tons or 6.65% of the total global emission output
European Union
Energy 3474.8 Million Tons or 7.94% of the total global emission output
Agriculture 407.2 Million Tons or.93% of the total global emission output
Industry 202.2 Million Tons or .46% of the total global emission output
Total 4224.5 Million Tons or 9.66% of the total global emission output
So let’s see if we can have a realistic look at greenhouse issues rather than thinking that we alone can solve the problem
If the four main perpetrators of this problem aren’t willing to work on the issue, how do we as a small country in terms of the emissions expect to succeed without changing our way of life?
