Where are the main sources of man-made CO2 in the atmosphere coming from?
In excess of 60% of man-made global annual CO2 emissions are created through energy use and production. Of this 60%, over 40% is produced by power generation (from large fixed-point sources) nearly double that of both industry and transport. Within the power generation sector, over 70% of emissions come from coal – for example just one 1GW coal plant emits 5-7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.
