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What do you think the people in cities burn for fuel to keep themselves warm?
by declan_roberts 2y ago
What do you think the people in cities burn for fuel to keep themselves warm?
- ianeigorndua 2y agoTrash, mostly.
- luckylion 2y agoNot really. I live close to Hamburg, Germany. _Very_ eager to be eco-friendly and sustainable. Currently: 64% coal, lots of nat gas, ~20 renewables. The future plan is to use a lot more industrial waste heat. Burning garbage is done and planned, but nowhere near a major factor. Not to mention that the garbage would also need to come from something: plastics from oil, wood from trees etc.
- UltraSane 2y agoGermany shutting down their perfectly safe nuclear reactors instead of their coal plants was so stupid. Germany emits 5 to 6 times more CO2 per J than France.
- luckylion 2y agoI agree. But at the end of the day it's not rationality that controls the fate of large groups of people, it's emotions. Nuclear power is a very emotional topic in Germany, and you can't argue with people who believe they'll die next week if that power plant keeps producing energy.
- UltraSane 2y ago"Nuclear power is a very emotional topic in Germany" That is very unfortunate because it is the only real long-term solution to prevent climate change and maintain our current standard of living.
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- Tade0 2y agoThey used coal, but apartment blocks use considerably less energy per unit living space vs detached houses thanks to their lower surface area to volume ratio.