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I 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.
by exact_string 4y ago
I 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.