@slimfern posted:Okay...but surely the 'downstream emissions' will happen anyways whether it be from a new oil site or an older one?
Plus if you take into consideration that Globally, emissions from oil tankers are estimated to have totaled 210 million metric tons of CO₂ in 2020.
Wouldn't 'keeping it local' be beneficial in the long run
On a slightly different aspect, there's some statistics by country of CO₂ emissions in 2022 on this link:
https://worldpopulationreview....emissions-by-country
There's a list of the 10 countries with the highest rates.
Top is China but that has the highest population. But per capita China has 8.85, the USA 14.44, India 1.91, Russia 13.31, and Japan 8.61.
The UK has 5.