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by luis_cho 242 days ago
> Europe and US have decreased fossil fuel consumption a bit We did not decreased fossil consumption we externalised the fossil consumption to developed countries production.

Developed countries use a lot of fossil fuels but most of that is to promote the lifestyle of developed countries.

Oxfam estimates that 1% of the richest people emit double the carbon emission of the half the poorest of humanity

https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/carbon-emissions-ric...