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This is offset by the amount of fossil power you replaced in Kansas by selling the clean power you purchased there. The net emissions are zero.
by dialup_sounds 2y ago
This is offset by the amount of fossil power you replaced in Kansas by selling the clean power you purchased there. The net emissions are zero.
- blueflow 2y agoThe "net emissions" are zero because "having 1 fossil plant running somewhere" is your baseline. You only move the location of that plant around.
- bryanlarsen 2y agoIf you buy solar credits from KC to use in Seattle, you've increased the solar generation in KC without affecting demand in KC. This will idle one plant's worth of fossil generation in KC. In Seattle, you're buying one plant's worth of additional power. In Seattle excess demand is generally met by buying Hydro from BC, but let's assume worst case and it spins up previously-idle fossil. So in KC you're +1 solar, -1 fossil. In Seattle you're +1 fossil. Net: +1 solar.
- Arnt 2y agoRight — this only works because someone else wants to buy fossil power. If no one wanted to buy fossil power this would stop working. But if/when we get that far, there shouldn't any need for hacks like this.
- dialup_sounds 2y agoNo, there are two consumers, the baseline is two units of fossil energy. The clean energy you're paying for is still being used by someone in lieu of more fossil energy. It doesn't just disappear.