Information Is BeautifulIf you're aged 30 or more, then 50% of all human fossil fuel emissions happened during your lifetime
disorderlyf@infobeautiful Seems like the rate increased dramatically 35-40 years ago, and had a smaller increase 10 years ago. I wonder what happened during those years.
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKMassive rises in private car ownership, firstly with the average working class man, then his wife and young adult offspring.
In UK this happened around late 1960s to late 1970s for the first (also with a rise in married women getting their own cars around 1970s/1980s) and 1990s/00s for the second.
I collect old motoring books (both those aimed at the average driver and training textbooks for mechanics) from 20th/early 21st century and can track these changes from the design/typography and writing styles over the years..
Christian Hachmann@vfrmedia @disorderlyf @infobeautiful
That was 50-60 years ago.
My bet (without having checked the numbers) for the rate increase since the 80ies is industrialization in most oft the world (China, India, Indonesia...) catching up to Europe and North America.
That was 50-60 years ago.
My bet (without having checked the numbers) for the rate increase since the 80ies is industrialization in most oft the world (China, India, Indonesia...) catching up to Europe and North America.
@ChristianHachm @disorderlyf @infobeautiful
The rise in second/third car ownership in Western nations since the 1980s would also have heavily encouraged this (by increasing general consumption and demand worldwide, especially as more manufacturing work got offshored to the Global South countries)
@vfrmedia @ChristianHachm @infobeautiful I think you're both right. I also think I should've included a /s