Thursday 28 May 2009

Consumption trumps production in carbon emissions

Interesting point made recently on George Monbiot's pages : If China is producing loads of manufactured goods for export to the UK - stuff that formerly we produced here - who should be deemed responsible for the resultant carbon emissions?

It's our consumption rather than (e.g.) China's production that's the generator, isn't it?

See http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2009/may/27/monbiot-stern-east-west-deadlock-co2

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