Asia Pacific energy usage growth swamps modest reductions in western nations -- the CO2 emissions delusion explained

“Asia Pacific” 

includes China 

and India ... and 

Indonesia, 

Bangladesh, 

Pakistan, and 

Vietnam.

Their increased 

coal consumption ,

and CO2 emissions,

is swamping the 

modest reductions 

that Western nations 

can achieve.

There's little chance 

any third world countries 

will stop their CO2 emissions 

increases until they achieve 

the same levels of 

per capita energy 

consumption in

the U.S. and Europe.

From page 55 

of the 2019 BP 
Energy Review:
https://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/business-sites/en/global/corporate/pdfs/energy-economics/statistical-review/bp-stats-review-2019-full-report.pdf

World CO2 emissions 

were up +2% in 2018 

over 2017, and up 

almost +12% since 2008. 

U.S. and European emissions 

were both down since 2008. 

2018 CO2 

Emissions, 

over 2017:

-- U.S. up +2.6% 

-- Europe's slow decline continued.

-- China up +2.2% in 2018 

( up over +25% since 2008 ). 

The 2.2% increase

was +200 million tons,

almost triple the 

(-69) million tons 

decrease in Europe.

-- India up +7.0% in 2018:

The India increase

was roughly double 

the Europe reduction

in tons of CO2.

-- Indonesia up +5.2%

-- Bangladesh up +9.3%

-- Vietnam up +14.8%

-- One country 

had a double-digit 

CO2 emissions 

reduction for 2018:

-- Venezuela, down (-13.2%)