Wow, what's wrong with Poland?
I guess they use a lot of coal to produce electricity..?
I guess they use a lot of coal to produce electricity..?
It doesn't mean we are emitting more CO2 - for all colored map lovers see[1] CO2 emission per capita for Germany or other European countries before jumping to conclusions.
[1]https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CO2_per_capita_per_c...
The map's color-scale is not ideal. Germany and France look similar, but Germany's emissions are 500% higher than France. In contrast, Poland is just 35% worse than Germany, but looks like the Death star on the map. It would work better with a single one-color gradient, rather than a green-yellow-black.
This is, unfortunately, what nationalistic pride clouding otherwise smart people's judgment looks like.
Combine that with existing coal power plants and ton of coal mines barely profitable to exist and you get current state.
Our saving grace is that we are poor so we don't buy new cars and stuff as often as people from western europe so our total per capita emissions aren't that horrible.
For example half of the co2 car's emmissions happens before it is eve bought.