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Good question, I just checked. The numbers I can find for 2022: Renewables: US: 21.5% Germany: 44% Nuclear: US: 18.2% Germany: 6% Fossil: US:

Good question, I just checked. The numbers I can find for 2022: Renewables: US: 21.5% Germany: 44% Nuclear: US: 18.2% Germany: 6% Fossil: US: 60.2% Germany: 45.9%, 20.1% from lignite (brown coal) So pretty clear win on the renewables for Germany. Adding Nuclear for "clean energy" it's still pretty ahead. However, Fossil in the US is mainly gas, which is cleaner than lignite. Hard to quantify. Sources: US: https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3 https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3 Germany: https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/germanys-energy-consumption-and-power-mix-charts https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/germanys-energy-c...

Robotbeat 3y ago
It’s not actually that hard to quantify. Per kWh, the US got 365g of CO2 per kWh (804lb/MWh) in 2022 compared to 385g/kWh for Germany. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1247991/annual-power-sector-carbon-intensity-united-states/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1247991/annual-power-sec... https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290224/carbon-intensity-power-sector-germany/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1290224/carbon-intensity...
Spinnaker_ 3y ago
That's just electricity generation, which is only a portion of total energy usage. Both countries use about 15% renewables overall. The exact number is hard to measure, complicated by importation and exportation of energy and other factors.