When I read this earlier today I got stuck on the first option. GHG
production per capita is not my countrys biggest problem, it's more GHG
emissions per capita thanks to our consumption in other countries, flying and shipping, which are not included in the summaries made by Naturvårdsverket (Swedish EPA). And yes, it's a tiny country, but it's my viewpoint and we have exeptional prerequisites compared to most western nations. What disturbs me, is when I read about others who use Sweden as a good example for succesful mitigation. In reality, we have done very little. We have topped up our ~40% hydro and ~40% nuclear (we already had those), with ~10% Wind and sold our lignite to EPH. We have also started to buy EVs. We have ~5M cars here. A lot of diesels and we are now talking about diesel free inner cities in 2020 while attacking car manufacturers for faking test results.
We also have our famous Nobel foundation who still invests in coal and oil. Here's a recent hugely popular (not) video with climate action and 59 views (don't worry, it's a bit of English in there as well):
Cross posting this from the cars thread because it contains a translation and I'm lazy, attaching the same image below.
https://forum.arctic-sea-ice.net/index.php/topic,438.msg137768.html#msg137768The blue line is what we "should" be doing (in theory ... ), the red line is a more "viable" option considering politics and economy. We're not doing either.
236M cars in the US, as A-Team wrote above. How many cars and trucks are sold world wide every year? 100M? But still, shifting to EVs should not be too hard although it will also add further emissions. But as soon as we really start to optimize our efforts to lower emissions, the challenges get harder, and harder, just like the attached simplified image for Sweden depicts. Reaching 1-2M per capita must be a huge challenge for any western nation.
Also cross posting this from the Paris 2015 thread with Kevin Andersons lecture:
https://forum.arctic-sea-ice.net/index.php/topic,1021.msg137267.html#msg137267So which option should I vote for (and what time span)? I really hate the last one, but that might actually be the only one left.
Good night.