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You could disconnect from it. That's much easier said than done and probably very complicated by the occupation, but I would guess that disconnecting would redu
by mmooss 8mo ago
You could disconnect from it. That's much easier said than done and probably very complicated by the occupation, but I would guess that disconnecting would reduce coal consumption and greenhouse gas emissions proportionally to power usage.
- Zhenya 8mo agoMoldavians have bigger problems that greenhouse emissions.
- mmooss 8mo agoEveryone claims to have bigger problems, but greenhouse gas emissions are the biggest problem. Arguably, they are a particularly big problem to Moldovans because Russia's military is funded by greenhouse gas emissions.
- estimator7292 8mo agoGreenhouse gas emissions are a larger existential threat than global war. A global nuclear war might be more catastrophic than unchecked climate change, but probably not by much.
- bloak 8mo agoDisconnect from it? If it's connected to some kind of grid then you'd have to disconnect from the whole grid, surely? And if being connected to a grid that contains a coal-fired power station counts as using coal then how many countries are really coal-free?
- NicuCalcea 8mo agoMoldova has not purchased any energy from it since 2024. I should also note it is primarily a gas plant, fuelled by extremely cheap (nearly free) gas subsidised by Russia. It only falls back to coal when supply is disrupted, which happened when Ukraine stopped transiting Russian gas on its territory.