"Yet **my carbon footprint is less than half that of my grandparents’ when they were my age**. When my grandparents were in their twenties, the average person in the [[UK]] emitted 11 tonnes of CO2 per year. We now emit less than 5 tonnes. "The gap between me and my parents is equally wide. **From the 1950s to the 1990s, emissions in the [[UK]] changed very little. It’s only since then – in my lifetime – that emissions have plummeted**. ([Location 1420](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0C3X6X695&location=1420))" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[emissions]], [[just-transition]], [[climate-change]], [[energy-transition]], [[statistics]] **Source** -- [[260103133118 - B - Not the End of the World]]