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Many people are saying, "but it is only electricity". Of course, however, is there anything where the conversion has been from electic to petrol / gas / coal?
by shapefrog 4y ago
Many people are saying, "but it is only electricity".
Of course, however, is there anything where the conversion has been from electic to petrol / gas / coal? My car is going electic, my bolier is going electric. This isnt new, it has been the path of travel for a while now.
Unless Nvidia has really f'd up their calculations my 5090 graphics card isnt going to be coal powered.
- jdthedisciple 4y agoThat's fine for your home, but not when you extend your gaze to where all those items are actually produced: Industries.
- exact_string 4y agoI think the point of "But it is only electricity" means that _currently_ the situation is not as good as one might think based on electricity production.
- shapefrog 4y agoTo quote from elsewhere. “Coal-fired power stations emit over 10 Gt of carbon dioxide each year,[4] about one fifth of world greenhouse gas emissions, so are the single largest cause of climate change” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal-fired_power_station https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal-fired_power_station The counter factual; if the 60% of electricity coming form wind or sunshine at this instant was from coal, then 10 Gt of carbon dioxide each year becomes 20/30/40/50 Gt of carbon dioxide each year and global emmisions are significantly more than what they are now. Purely hypothetical, but it is where we were.