What worldwide industries use the most power?

Cnn.com reports on which industries are contributing the most greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.

As far as I can tell, they report on the emissions at the source of their generation. The energy industry appears to be the largest ghg emitter, but it's obviously generating power on behalf of the residential and commercial buildings. As far as buildings go, they still have a small share because of natural gas burned on site for heating, cooking, etc.

Still, it's useful to wrap one's head around the core sources of where emissions are coming from.

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[Blake]

Energy and transportation get most of the attention, but forestry and ag aren't that far behind.

I didn't know forestry was that guilty, but I guess it makes sense with all the Co2 being released with each tree cut. Makes me glad I recycle my paper.

Like you mentioned on my post, only 5% of the energy used for food is transportation. Sustainable Ag figures to both a huge challenge and opportunity.