Wood burning causes CO2. As does burning coal, which occurred in individual homes, not just factories. Low income people had access to fires long before industrialization. Obviously that's not reflected in the graph - likely because it's hard to track that - so the data is suspect.
InfiniteDuckling t1_j5uec03 wrote
Reply to comment by BIG_DECK_ENERGY in [OC] Gobal CO2 emission per income group 1750-2021 by albymana
It's a bad implication though.
Wood burning causes CO2. As does burning coal, which occurred in individual homes, not just factories. Low income people had access to fires long before industrialization. Obviously that's not reflected in the graph - likely because it's hard to track that - so the data is suspect.