The only country in the world that doesn't emit CO2, even pulls out
Nearly every country in the world has a positive carbon index - that is, the total amount of greenhouse gases emitted is greater than the amount of absorbed gas.
The country even absorbs 4 times more carbon than the amount discharged.
Nearly every country in the world has a positive carbon index - that is, the total amount of greenhouse gases emitted is greater than the amount of absorbed gas.
Obviously, with the increasingly serious trend, countries around the world are forced to find ways to bring emissions as close to zero as possible, although this is really difficult.
Bhutan is one of the happiest countries in the world.
Yet there is a country, not only the carbon level goes to the neutral column, but also goes straight to negative numbers. This is the only country in the world that can do this, when the amount of greenhouse gases removed is four times higher than the amount of emissions.
It is Bhutan - which is also one of the happiest countries in the world. But what helped them do that? According to the Australian Government Climate Council, Bhutan has a lot of elements that help this wonderful story happen.
With a small area, in the mountains, not an industrial country, Bhutan has only about 800,000 inhabitants.
This means that the energy demand in this country is very low , not overloaded like many other countries. That is not to mention, Bhutan owns a very thick river system, which helps them to get a very strong hydroelectric system, enough to export to neighboring countries.
The next factor is the huge dense forest that surrounds Bhutan - which keeps a large amount of CO2 emitted. Therefore, the Bhutanese government has issued an ordinance to keep at least 60% of the national area as forests.
Energy demand in this country is very low.
It should also be noted that Bhutan has a special investment policy for electric vehicles and clean vehicles to protect the environment. All projects that are green - clean are supported by the government.
National Geographic also commented: "Bhutan has built sustainability into its national nature."
So why not globalize Bhutan?
Things aren't that simple. Of course, each country has its own characteristics, its own infrastructure.
Any country that owns hydropower (such as Portugal), geothermal power (like Iceland), a well-built electricity network, is less dependent on fossil fuels, a policy of reducing carbon . will all have emissions are smaller than normal. If not, then obviously the amount of emissions will be higher.
What Bhutan has done is really amazing, and other countries can learn.
Investing in a clean, global power system can also be feasible, but there are still many issues that put carbon emissions down to zero. Because, a clean energy source is strong enough to supply all. both can only be atomic electricity - relatively dangerous. That is not to mention the number of fossil fuel vehicles.
What Bhutan has done is really amazing, and other countries can learn. But bringing global carbon to zero is indeed very difficult.
In return, though, Bhutan is known to be the only country with a negative carbon index, but there are actually a number of territories that achieve it.
These are Chila, Gabon and Romania. In addition, some such as Mali, Benin, Liberia, Myanmar, Zimbabwe also achieved very small carbon emissions.
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