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“That means the US CO2 emissions per kWh are significantly better than Germany, by the way." what? Where did you get that from?
by somecallitblues 9y ago
“That means the US CO2 emissions per kWh are significantly better than Germany, by the way." what? Where did you get that from?
- Robotbeat 9y agoIn 2016, Germany produced about 560g of CO2 per kWh of electricity: http://environmentalprogress.org/big-news/2017/2/11/german-electricity-was-nearly-10-times-dirtier-than-frances-in-2016 http://environmentalprogress.org/big-news/2017/2/11/german-e... By my calculations [1,2,3], the US produced approximately 450g of CO2 per kWh in 2016. And note that the difference is due almost entirely because the US still gets ~19% of its electricity from nuclear power but Germany does not (450g/(1-.19) = ~560). For all of Germany's effort in renewables at great cost, all it has done (besides helping to fund the technology, which is useful) is compensate for the retirement of nuclear in Germany. [1] https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=epmt_1_01 https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.ph... [2] https://www.eia.gov/electricity/annual/html/epa_a_03.html https://www.eia.gov/electricity/annual/html/epa_a_03.html [3] https://www.eia.gov/electricity/annual/html/epa_08_01.html https://www.eia.gov/electricity/annual/html/epa_08_01.html
- rsynnott 9y agoGermany has a lot of coal in its grid. Mind you, It also uses half the electricity per capita vs the US.