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> Meanwhile japan which is restarting nuclear along with expanding renewables gets blocked at the climate change summits because they are not making meaningless

by danans 7y ago

> Meanwhile japan which is restarting nuclear along with expanding renewables gets blocked at the climate change summits because they are not making meaningless promises Japan's energy mix went from 81% fossil fuel in 2011 to 89% in 2016, with most of that coal and LNG [1]. Germany is at 40% of energy from renewables [2]. I'm not saying it's an easy problem for them to solve, but they are far from an example of renewable energy deployment. 1. https://www.enecho.meti.go.jp/en/category/brochures/pdf/japan_energy_2017.pdf https://www.enecho.meti.go.jp/en/category/brochures/pdf/japa... 2. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-04/renewables-beats-coal-in-germany-power-mix-for-first-time https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-04/renewable...

lispm 7y ago
40% of electricity. not energy in general. Germany has more problems (like most countries) with heating, transport, ... which currently are not well under way on a transition to renewable energy...
- danans 7y ago
  Yes, electricity is what I meant. While the Japan report I linked was energy overall, Japan's electric sector is nonetheless 83% fossil fuel based [1], which is much worse in absolute terms than Germany, regardless of their respective recent trends. I agree that Germany, like most nations, has a major problem with road transport dependency on oil. Germany is currently playing catch-up with car electrification, but it is, with Japan, a leader in electrified rail transport. In terms of home heating though, Germany, for its climate is far ahead of the US, with much higher home building standards for energy efficiency and comfort, and smaller homes in general. Japanese homes, as I'm told, are often very cold in the winter due to lack of central heating and very poor insulation, so they don't use much energy, but are also uncomfortable. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_Japan#Mode_of_production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_Japan#Mo...
  - lispm 7y ago
    > a leader in electrified rail transport and expanding on electricity from renewable energy for rail transport There are also the first hydrogen powered trains going into service. In the future more Hydrogen will be produced with renewable energy (for example with surplus electricity from wind).

by danans 7y ago

lispm 7y ago

40% of electricity. not energy in general. Germany has more problems (like most countries) with heating, transport, ... which currently are not well under way on a transition to renewable energy...

danans 7y ago
Yes, electricity is what I meant. While the Japan report I linked was energy overall, Japan's electric sector is nonetheless 83% fossil fuel based [1], which is much worse in absolute terms than Germany, regardless of their respective recent trends. I agree that Germany, like most nations, has a major problem with road transport dependency on oil. Germany is currently playing catch-up with car electrification, but it is, with Japan, a leader in electrified rail transport. In terms of home heating though, Germany, for its climate is far ahead of the US, with much higher home building standards for energy efficiency and comfort, and smaller homes in general. Japanese homes, as I'm told, are often very cold in the winter due to lack of central heating and very poor insulation, so they don't use much energy, but are also uncomfortable. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_Japan#Mode_of_production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_Japan#Mo...
- lispm 7y ago
  > a leader in electrified rail transport and expanding on electricity from renewable energy for rail transport There are also the first hydrogen powered trains going into service. In the future more Hydrogen will be produced with renewable energy (for example with surplus electricity from wind).