Aren't all these statistics able to be infinitely nitpicked since nobody can agree on which bucket to sort the emissions into?
Example: a car is produced, does the responsibility for the emissions go to the manufacturer or the consumer who buys the vehicle? Now do this for every single part and bucketful of metal ore down the chain of suppliers, manufacturers, shippers etc.
Drawing a line seems difficult and how do you even know whether you double counted at any point.
The vast majority of industrial production, world-wide, goes to middle and upper class consumption, across the board. From cars to cell phones to pharmaceuticals to beef to central heating.
We either get more efficient at making it or consume less.
Manufacturer emissions from production. (Costs just passed on to consumer but that means lower sales and smaller tam until they make lower emission vehicles)
Example: a car is produced, does the responsibility for the emissions go to the manufacturer or the consumer who buys the vehicle? Now do this for every single part and bucketful of metal ore down the chain of suppliers, manufacturers, shippers etc.
Drawing a line seems difficult and how do you even know whether you double counted at any point.