Global Environmentalism - Who is The worst Polluter of All - JL

Global Environmentalism Who is The Worst Polluter of All? A New Look at Pollution Using . . . CO2 Per Square Kilometer

Global Environmentalism 80 % of Global Pollution is Produced by and for 20 Countries

Who Should Be The Judge . . . How Should They Judge Adamant Naturalist Jim Le Maistre Aldergrove BC Copyright 2021 The following discussion is a critique of current methods describing CO2 absent a lowest common denominator.

Data is not peer reviewed and was gathered from the internet in 2015. It may contain inaccuracies.

This paper is intended solely as a Socio-Political discussion of Global Environmental Standards

The G-20 Countries - 2015 These are the 20 most Industrialized Countries on Earth. Combined they Produce and or Consume 80% of All Global Industrial Production. By extension, they are responsible for 80% of Global Pollution

Who Are They? How do They Rank?

Rank

Country

Emissions: Tonnes of CO2

1

China

7.1 Billion

2

USA

5.5 Billion

3

India

3.4 Billion

4

Russia

1.7 Billion

5

Japan

1.2 Billion

6

Germany

786 Million

7

Canada

544 Million

8

UK

522 Million

9

South Korea

509 Million

10

Mexico

475 Million

11

Italy

445 Million

12

Saudi Arabia

433 Million

13

Indonesia

406 Million

14

Australia

399 Million

15

Brazil

393 Million

16

France

376 Million

17

Spain

329 Million

18

Turkey

283 Million

19

The Netherlands

173 Million

20

Switzerland

40 Million

United States Department of Energy. Carbon Dioxide Information Centre (CDIAC) Collected for The United Nations. Emissions for 2010 – Source Wikipedia.

There you have it folks, the published totals according to the United Nations & IPCC This list is Broadly Circulated and clear to anyone. What is not clear is how to Compare these Numbers in a

Fair and Equitable way. Comparing Output Among Nations, Must Become Known - Beyond TOTALS !

‘CO2 Per Square Kilometer’ . . . a New ‘Lowest Common Denominator’ Calculation PAGE 1

We can Compare ‘Apples to Apples’ How Big is Your Country? . . . How Much do You Pollute?

CO2 PER SQUARE KILOMETER Rank

Country

Tonnes CO2 / KM2

1

The Netherlands

5,143

2

South Korea

5,119

3

Japan

3,196

4

Germany

2,202

5

United Kingdom

2,152

6

Italy

1,477

7

India

1,087

8

Switzerland

978

9

China

741

10

France

693

11

Spain

653

12

USA

600

13

Turkey

368

14

Mexico

241

15

Indonesia

212

16

Saudi Arabia

201

17

Russia

100

18

Canada

54

19

Australia

51

20

Brazil

46

Isn’t That Something . . . The Netherlands . . . The Worst Polluting Nation on Earth . . .?

This is what happens when we put Context into Numbers, Beyond simple totals This Paper, Presents Data, in This Way, for the First Time . . . Ever!

Putting Context into Raw Data, Seven of the Eleven Worst Polluters are European Countries. Canada, Australia and Brazil, are often singled-out by The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as Laggards on the Environmental Front, while they produce one One-Hundredth of the pollution of The Netherlands and One-Eightieth of either Germany or England. Why have we NEVER been told?? . . . The European Union has 27 votes at the United Nations, they lead the charge Defining the Actions and Goals of The IPCC at the United Nations. Seven European countries are members of the G-20 who produce 80% of Global GDP. By extension, they are responsible for 80% of Global Pollution. Seven European Countries, Among the G-20 nations, have very High Population Density, among the Worst Records in Deforestation, Protecting Natural Habitat or CO2 Sequestration (removed by forests) and among the Highest CO2 Production Per Square Kilometer. 7 of the worst 11 . . . with Cap and Trade . . . We follow Their Lead . . .??

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It is Scandalous, on the World Stage, that these 7 European Nations are held up as Shining Examples of how to clean up the Environment. All 7 countries would fit inside the USA or China almost 5 times yet they Pollute at Double the rate of either China or the USA - per sq. km . . . We just have never been told . . .

TOTAL FOREST AREA IN HECTARES Rank

Country

Hectares (sq. km x10)

%

1

Russia

77,626,020

49%

2

Brazil

47,769,800

60%

3

Canada

31,013,400

42%

4

USA

30,308,900

33%

5

China

18,210,000

22%

6

Australia

14,708,320

16%

7

Indonesia

8,849,500

28%

8

India

7,784,240

24%

9

Mexico

7,100,000

35%

10

Spain

2,830,070

35%

11

Japan

2,532,030

67%

12

Turkey

2,167,810

15%

13

France

1,595,400

31%

14

Germany

1,131,760

31%

15

Italy

1,067,360

33%

16

South Korea

639,400

63%

17

United Kingdom

286,500

13%

18

Saudi Arabia

270,000

.5%

19 20

Switzerland The Netherlands

124,250 36,500

31% 11%

This chart presents the area of each country covered by trees. Forests are the Best long-term storage our Planet has for lowering CO2 in the Environment. This is known as Sequestration. When trees are turned into lumber for construction, the CO2 is stored again for another 50 or 100 years. Remaining a component of that Building.

During Roman Times 80% of Europe was Forested. Small Tribes cut clearings in the Forests to grow crops and raise livestock. In the Middle Ages people cut down more and more of the forests for Fuel, Agriculture, Fortifications, Castles and Towns. Huge expanses of the Old Forests were cut down to build Cities and Ships during the Age of Exploration. That is when Columbus and Cortez discovered the New World. About 75% of the original mixed Forests of Central Europe have long been lost. Only 6.3% of the remaining Forests are under protection. 95% of these forests are smaller than 10 sq. km. More trees are being planted today. They tend to be fast growing Scots Pine plantations.

These new Forests can only sustain a small number of Plant and Animal Species. The Endemic Species have long since been forced out. Oh, Bio-Fuels from cutting down and burning what’s left of the Forests that’s OK . . . ! ? ?

There is Legal Protection in many areas of Europe, yet Logging is a Common Practice in many European National Parks. Clear Cutting Large Tracts of land, then reforested with mono-culture, fast-growing conifer. Another threat to Plant and Animal life. Forest habitats are split by Highways and Railroads, creating barriers for wildlife.

Hunting takes place in protected areas. Air, Soil and Water Pollution threatens the European Deciduous Forest.

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For many Environmentally Oriented people, the subject of Deforestation in Third World Countries like Brazil, Columbia, Indonesia, Malasia, Cambodia, Vietnam or African Countries produces uncontrollable rage.

Especially in European Political and Environmental circles. What is done to these Forests in the name of Progress is shameful. Vast tracts of Virgin Forest are cut down and sold for lumber. Crops are planted with no consideration for the Natural Vegetation or the Indigenous Wildlife or the Indigenous Peoples who survive in these Forests. Furthermore, many of these Plantations is for Palm Oil or Soybeans to be exported - To Europe to be burned as Biomass. Ironic isn’t it, saving the planet in one part of the World leads to destruction in another!

Then, to add insult to injury . . . much of the lumber cut down from deforestation ends up in the hands of, you guessed it . . . European Lumber Brokers, through intermediary countries. How do you think those magnificent Galleries and Castles get Retrofitted without the ‘Exotic Hardwoods’ from Ancient Third World Forests? I guess nobody ever asks?? . . . Hypocrisy at every turn! Does this warrant celebration among Environmentalists??

So why stop at that? Why not look at what has been done to those Old Forests in European Countries as well?

Why not look at what Has Been Done to the Forests of France or Germany or England or the Netherlands?

Where are the Environmentalists? Who is looking at these Western Nations and their History of Deforestation?

Is it because there aren’t enough “Cute Little Monkeys” to pull at your heart strings? Are European Bisson or European Eagles not Cute enough for Environmentalist Propaganda? Is their Natural Habitat not important enough for consideration? . . . Context ALWAYS seems missing among The Finger Pointers . . .!

The lovely rolling hills of French Farmland 7O% of The Boreal Forests of France – Gone . . . 6O% for Farms

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These seven (7) European Nations are about 2 million sq.km. They would fit into Canada’s 4 million sq. km. of forest twice. These 7 Countries have by far the worst Global Record Preserving Wild Animal Habitat or Natural Forests. All the European Nations in the G20 have less than 35% forest area. The UK and the Netherlands less than 15%. Another Scandal brought to us by the ‘Leaders’ in the Environmentalist Camp . . . Europe.

Please Greta, and all the rest of you Europeans, I know you Mean Well, but go home and do your homework before you tell other Nations of the World how to clean up their Yards. First, recognize that Europe’s G- 20 Countries Combined, pollute at a Rate that is Double that of either China or the USA, Per Square Kilometer . . .

Canada has nothing to fear unless of course we let our Population Density match that of The Netherlands . . .

Then Canada, The USA or China would number . . . 5 Billion People . . . Each . . . Context!

POPULATION PER SQUARE KILOMETER IN EACH COUNTRY (POPULATION DENSITY) Rank

Country

People/SQ KM

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

South Korea The Netherlands India Japan United Kingdom Germany Italy Switzerland China Indonesia France Turkey Spain Mexico USA Brazil Saudi Arabia Russia Canada Australia

505/sq. km 498/sq. km 390/sq. km 337/sq. km 262/sq. km 226/sq. km 199/sq. km 196/sq. km 125/sq. km 124/sq. km 117/sq. km 98/sq. km 93/sq. km 60/sq. km 35/sq. km 24/sq. km 14/sq. km 8/sq. km 4/sq. km 3/sq. km

Isn’t that something . . . 5 European Countries More Densely Populated than China?

Again, Context!

Population Density when comparing Pollution Statistics is THE Most Consequential Data Point! If two people are living in a ‘Pup Tent’ and are cooking their food over an open fire in the middle of that tent, the Pollution would be unbearable. Meanwhile, the 25 people next door in a 10,000 square foot long-house with a built-in-place chimney – They have the Pollution problem in a more Manageable and Controlled situation. Let’s begin to put Population Density in context with relevance . . . look at the example above . . .

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All of this Dialogue is to put some Real Meat on the Bones of our Global Environmental Crusades. If you are going to stand up and Preach the Sermon from Upon High . . . Then you better Practice what you Preach!

This discussion all started when some French Dignitary, on behalf of the United Nations, came to Canada to Denounce Canada’s failure to Protect its Boreal Forests . . . I kid you not!

A Dignitary from a country who has already cut down 70 % of its own Boreal Forests, scolding a Country like Canada, who’s forests could swallow all 7 European G-20 countries TWICE . . . This is the Ultimate in Hypocrisy!

Canada, a country with almost 4 million Square Kilometers of Naturel Forests and enough ‘Protected Forests’ to swallow much of France.

Furthermore, the Much celebrated ‘Cap and Trade’ Program that ‘Leads the World’ in environmental planning allows corporations to buy credits to compensate for their Excess pollution. One such little known segment is giving ‘Credit’ for planting trees on ‘existing’ Farm Land. Returning that land to its Natural State . . . Then, what Vulture Capitalists discovered, you can buy Farm Land Anywhere in in the World, Plant Trees, warranty they will not be cut down for 100 years. Then, you have ‘Credits’ to sell to Excessive Polluters back in Europe $$$$ This is Happening in British Colombia, Canada, where we have a Protected, Agricultural Land Reserve!

Worst of all, it looks like where the Polluter bought the ‘Credit’ . . . Planted those Trees at Home . . .

No wonder the European ‘Successes’ look brighter and brighter every day . . . Such a Scam . . .

Everybody let a 16-year-old Swedish Environmental Activist, Greta Thunberg, with absolutely no Scientific Credentials take over the Environmentalist Narrative. She is Passionate, Convincing and Well Versed in the ‘Scripted Narrative’ espoused by her Politically Motivated charges in the European Environmental Movement.

With Greta leading the way, among her supporters, massive change is under way in Europe. Never the less, under European Cap and Trade, the Worst European Pollution has just been moved to other Countries . . .

‘Out of Sight, Out of Mind’ . . . The Planet gets more polluted . . . some place else . . .!!

Hypocrisy and Self-fulfilling Prophesies at Every turn - Global Environmentalism in the 21st century!

Adamant Naturalist

Jim Le Maistre Aldergrove, BC Copyright 2021

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