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France experiencing a heatwave due to climate change is one of the most unjust bullshit things I've had hit my recognition in a long time (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by jaykrown@lemmy.world to c/justpost@lemmy.world

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If everyone went the route of France in terms of nuclear power production we'd be in a much better position to mitigate climate change.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fuel_cycle_in_France

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[–] jaykrown@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You were the one who originally mentioned the CO2 emissions per capita, here are the leaders and losers:

These countries barely produce anything compared to USA/China/Russia, it doesn't mean much.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It means quite a lot. There are better measures of economic development than GDP, but no developed country doesn't emit far too much greenhouse gas. Being slightly less stinky than your peers in that crowd is not much to boast about.

[–] jaykrown@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I need that better measure of economic development than GDP then, please point me to it and I'll use it in the analysis. I know about the HDI, maybe I should use that instead?

[–] kbal@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not an expert and it's complicated. If you're not averse to youtube video essays I enjoyed this recent one from Unlearning Economics which talks about one way to think about what's going on and incidentally highlights some other metrics that can be informative. Thinking about that was the reason it was on my mind.

HDI is pretty respectable as far as I know but I'm not sure what you're aiming to use it for.

[–] jaykrown@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Basically, how much does the country produce per unit of carbon dioxide emitted.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago

How much human development it produces? Personally I wouldn't expect any relationship between the two to be easy to interpret. Although there's bound to be some rough correlation, it may in large part be a historical accident reflecting the patterns of technology adoption over the past century or three which wouldn't necessarily say much about the choices facing us today. But maybe you'll find something interesting — good luck!