top | item 45230940 (no title) kla-s | 5 months ago Do you care to explain more, id be interested :) discuss order hn newest mpweiher|5 months ago In 2005, both the US and Germany had specific emissions of around 600g CO₂/kWh.In 2015, due mostly to fracking gas, the US was down to around 450g CO₂/kWh.Germany, with its Energiewende, was at around 560g CO₂/kWh.Because, of course, the Energiewende was not about climate change. It was about shutting down climate-friendly (CO₂ free) nuclear plants.Both could have done better. France is currently at something like 32g CO₂/kWh and has been at roughly that level for decades. oneshtein|5 months ago In 2024, US was at 384 gCO₂/kWh, while Germany was at 344 gCO₂/kWh.https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/carbon-intensity-electric... load replies (1) RandomLensman|5 months ago Shutting down nuclear was a pretty popular policy. But that aside, what the Energiewende was not about was removing obstacles to building out energy infrastructure rapidly (e.g., the delay on the north-south connections). load replies (1)
mpweiher|5 months ago In 2005, both the US and Germany had specific emissions of around 600g CO₂/kWh.In 2015, due mostly to fracking gas, the US was down to around 450g CO₂/kWh.Germany, with its Energiewende, was at around 560g CO₂/kWh.Because, of course, the Energiewende was not about climate change. It was about shutting down climate-friendly (CO₂ free) nuclear plants.Both could have done better. France is currently at something like 32g CO₂/kWh and has been at roughly that level for decades. oneshtein|5 months ago In 2024, US was at 384 gCO₂/kWh, while Germany was at 344 gCO₂/kWh.https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/carbon-intensity-electric... load replies (1) RandomLensman|5 months ago Shutting down nuclear was a pretty popular policy. But that aside, what the Energiewende was not about was removing obstacles to building out energy infrastructure rapidly (e.g., the delay on the north-south connections). load replies (1)
oneshtein|5 months ago In 2024, US was at 384 gCO₂/kWh, while Germany was at 344 gCO₂/kWh.https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/carbon-intensity-electric... load replies (1)
RandomLensman|5 months ago Shutting down nuclear was a pretty popular policy. But that aside, what the Energiewende was not about was removing obstacles to building out energy infrastructure rapidly (e.g., the delay on the north-south connections). load replies (1)
mpweiher|5 months ago
In 2015, due mostly to fracking gas, the US was down to around 450g CO₂/kWh.
Germany, with its Energiewende, was at around 560g CO₂/kWh.
Because, of course, the Energiewende was not about climate change. It was about shutting down climate-friendly (CO₂ free) nuclear plants.
Both could have done better. France is currently at something like 32g CO₂/kWh and has been at roughly that level for decades.
oneshtein|5 months ago
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/carbon-intensity-electric...
RandomLensman|5 months ago