Global Warming
Singapore was the 9th top carbon dioxide emitter per capita in the world in 2009: 34.59 tonnes per capita. All emissions from building and cement production are local but some people may argue that some Singapore produced fuels and/or goods are consumed abroad.
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Famous quotes containing the words global and/or warming:
“Ours is a brand—new world of allatonceness. “Time” has ceased, “space” has vanished. We now live in a global village ... a simultaneous happening.”
—Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)
“Thine age asks ease, and since thy duties be
To warm the world, that’s done in warming us.
Shine here to us, and thou art everywhere;
This bed thy center is, these walls, thy sphere.”
—John Donne (1572–1631)