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# Industrial sector: does not necessarily reflect the lifestyles of the citizens. For example the vast majority of Chinese factories serve the consumption-habits of people in other countries. | # Industrial sector: does not necessarily reflect the lifestyles of the citizens. For example the vast majority of Chinese factories serve the consumption-habits of people in other countries. | ||
# Heating: Even if the global south was as developed as the USA or Europe, they still wouldn't use quite as much energy because they don't need heating. | # Heating: Even if the global south was as developed as the USA or Europe, they still wouldn't use quite as much energy because they don't need heating. | ||
A more honest consumption metric would be: | A more honest consumption metric would be: residential + commercial + passengerTransport + {goods consumption} / {global goods consumption} * ({global industrial energy use} + {global transport of goods, energy use}) | ||
And then from there, a second metric: subtract residential & commercial heating. | And then from there, a second metric: subtract residential & commercial heating. | ||
RGB suggestion: population = blue; nonheating energy per capita = green; heating energy per capita = red; background = black. | RGB suggestion: population = blue; nonheating energy per capita = green; heating energy per capita = red; background = black. | ||
<br />[[User:Elie|Elie]] ([[User talk:Elie|talk]]) 04:06, 22 May 2022 (EDT) | |||