3 ms·
Germany is second only to Russia in Europe for coal powered electricity. Followed by Poland. No wonder this map usually has the worst air over those countries
by DrBazza 3y ago
Germany is second only to Russia in Europe for coal powered electricity. Followed by Poland.
No wonder this map usually has the worst air over those countries:
https://aqicn.org/map/europe/ https://aqicn.org/map/europe/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/859266/number-of-coal-power-plants-by-country/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/859266/number-of-coal-po...
- Aachen 3y agoI see more yellow streaks in France and BE/NL than in Germany. Not sure what you mean about there being bad air in Germany An averaging feature would be nice instead of having to compare hundreds of potential outliers manually, though
- DrBazza 3y agoGenerally when there's a high pressure system over Europe, the bad air stays trapped over Germany and Poland. Even right now you can see that Germany is about 10pts higher than the rest of Europe, and Poland another 10pts on top of that. It's a shame that map doesn't have historic data as it would be easier to see.
- KptMarchewa 3y agoWe have much bigger coal share in Poland... and guess what we're doing to phase it out? We're building nuclear reactors.
- Moldoteck 3y agowow, didn't know Poland is building nuclear
- melling 3y agoBut… but…but the statistics… say 57% 1.5C is guaranteed within a decade. People need to quit telling themselves silly narratives.