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Compared to other developed countries they are not the worst.

    Australia: 16.8 tons/capita/year
    Canada/US: 16.1
    Germany:    9.1
    China:      8.0
    France:     5.0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_di...

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https://www.statista.com/chart/19937/europes-biggest-greenho...

Compared to other European countries, they are significantly worst.

https://vividmaps.com/carbon-dioxide-emissions-european-coun...

Maybe it's just quibbling, but anyway, per-capita Germany is among the worst but not the worst.

Why does France do so much better?

Nuclear power plants, the only large-scale green energy source in existence.

Nope. This is only true for gridpower "production", which is only a small part of the total energy production (about 25%), and there are other (non energy-related) sources CO2 emissions.

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24374697

Probably poverty and industry. Germany has more industry and has historically had a stronger economy. So, that probably leads to lifestyles that promote more energy use.

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