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Nevertheless, Germany's per capita CO2 emission per year is 9.44 tons [1], Japan's is 9.70 tons [2] and the US's is 15.52 tons [3] in 2016. Sorry, I couldn't fi
by funcDropShadow 6y ago
Nevertheless, Germany's per capita CO2 emission per year is 9.44 tons [1], Japan's is 9.70 tons [2] and the US's is 15.52 tons [3] in 2016. Sorry, I couldn't find a more recent source. All that despite, Germany is shutting down nuclear and it has already reduced its usage of brown coal (Braunkohle) and stone coal (Steinkohle) in the last 10 years [4]. So, please explain how the US with higher relience on nuclear is faring better?
The valid criticism from many including the green party in Germany is, the shutdown of coal plant could go faster. But it already started.
[1]: https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/germany-co2-emissions/ https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/germany-co2-emis...
[2]: https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/japan-co2-emissions/ https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/japan-co2-emissi...
[3]: https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/us-co2-emissions/ https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/us-co2-emissions...
[4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_phase-out#/media/File:Energiemix_Deutschland.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_phase-out#/media...