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ABCDE@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoIf that is the only metric you are looking it, kind of. It slumped during COVID and has looked like it’s tailing off somewhat. Without tax breaks, subsidies and support for other forms of transport, say, we will not shake our dependence.
But, we can look at specific countries and see if those things have helped on a national scale, like Norway, for example, which has seen consumption decline since 2018. And Sweden. And Japan. And Germany. And…
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
They started obstructing traffic in 2022, not 2018. Norway’s consumption has increased, significantly since they began obstructing traffic.
Japan’s decline since then is commensurate with its population decline. Germany’s and Sweden’s are flat. UK is up even more than Norway.
ABCDE@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I am telling you when their trend started. Norway’s consumption has not increased, it is down on 2018, as I said. It had a slight decline in 2023 (the increase between 2020 and 2022 is when people stopped driving during COVID then came back to restart its downward trend).
Actually no, if you know what commensurate means. The population has dropped around 4% since 2008, yet oil consumption has been decreasing since 1996.
Germany is similar in terms of consumption, Sweden likewise.
ourworldindata.org/…/oil-consumption-by-country
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop
JSO didn’t exist in 1996 or 2018; it was founded in 2022.
You’re giving JSO credit for declines that happened decades before they came into existence. That is intellectually dishonest.
ABCDE@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Sigh… and how would you like to quantify that when there are so many factors?
They are effective and bring about awareness among other things.