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GovWorkhorse t1_ja4hwjv wrote

Could you explain why the numbers on the left are different from those in the graphic? On the left it shows China has having emitted 212 Gt, while in the graphic it only shows 1.6 Gt of CO2 emissions. Is the 212 Gt for the whole 29 years and the 1.6 Gt for every 10M people?

Just a poor data and stats student trying to understand this data better. Please and thank you!

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elibryan OP t1_ja4pskj wrote

Sure! Thanks for the note.

  • Left is total emissions for the whole population, over all 29 years.
  • Right values are emissions for a single white-circle "puff..." that is, 10M people from the country, over all 29 years (this is like scaled, cumulative per-capita).
  • So for China, their average population over the 29 years was ~1.3ish billion people, so they show ~130 "puffs." 130 * 1.6 Gt = ~200ish Gt.
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GovWorkhorse t1_ja51xba wrote

Thanks so much for the explanation, it is greatly appreciated!

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