[notShabu]

There are two caveats to this. One is that a lot of it is due to work being outsourced to China (which allows for metrics like 94% carbon free) The other is it has a huge population so it's going to have high absolute numbers of everything good and bad.

[ttkari]

Actually, what allows for "94% carbon free" is the production mix. In our case that would be nuclear at 42% share, hydro 19%, wind 18%, bio 13% - leaving only single digit percentage to coal, gas and oil.

[zardo]

But it doesn't account for embodied energy in imported products.

[vladms]

The initial statement was about power generation, not sure if it is of value to mention in this context all the other sources of carbon (of which imported products is one, but not the only one).

[karmakurtisaani]

It's not typically included in the production figures. You only consider the emissions from production.

[in-pursuit]

It's not typically considered, but it matters when comparing against an economy that primarily manufactures goods.