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Germany definitely does do abysmally w.r.t. the money they invested: https://app.electricitymaps.com/map https://app.electricitymaps.com/map After billions ove
by shakow 4y ago
Germany definitely does do abysmally w.r.t. the money they invested: https://app.electricitymaps.com/map https://app.electricitymaps.com/map
After billions over billions poured in wind & solar, they have roughly the same carbon-load on their electricity than US, Russia, or the Balkans.
- cycomanic 4y agoAre you color blind? Germany is definitely a lighter shade of brown than the US on average (you should really also use a 5 year not 30 day average), also the amount of "billions" that Germany poured into solar and wind is still significantly below the subsidies that coal received (for largely political reasons), likely as many or more subsidies were also poured into US fossils. It's amazing how all the nuclear proponents spend most of their time arguing against renewables, why is that? Maybe because it is to largely protect the large investments of electricity providers into large fossil and nuclear plants, while solar and wind disrupt these?
- shakow 4y ago> Germany is definitely a lighter shade of brown than the US on average It is now that we are in the middle of the day and that solar starts to take over; it was not when I posted the chart this morning. > why is that? I don't argue against renewables, I argue against wrong arguments. Here is Germany average CO2/kWh, bottom 10 in Europe between Romania and Bulgaria, with an average of ~320gCO2/kWh: https://www.eea.europa.eu/ims/greenhouse-gas-emission-intensity-of-1 https://www.eea.europa.eu/ims/greenhouse-gas-emission-intens...