Comment by kla-s 5 months ago Do you care to explain more, id be interested :) 54 comments kla-s Reply 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... mpweiher 5 months ago The US fracking boom lasted until about 2015.And according to energycharts.de Germany was at 395g CO₂/kWh in 2023.Again, both pale in compare to France. 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). gf000 5 months ago Well, populism is no good reason to do something dumb. Maybe laymen should not directly have a say over experts in deeply technical discussions. 49 replies →
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... mpweiher 5 months ago The US fracking boom lasted until about 2015.And according to energycharts.de Germany was at 395g CO₂/kWh in 2023.Again, both pale in compare to France. 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). gf000 5 months ago Well, populism is no good reason to do something dumb. Maybe laymen should not directly have a say over experts in deeply technical discussions. 49 replies →
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... mpweiher 5 months ago The US fracking boom lasted until about 2015.And according to energycharts.de Germany was at 395g CO₂/kWh in 2023.Again, both pale in compare to France.
mpweiher 5 months ago The US fracking boom lasted until about 2015.And according to energycharts.de Germany was at 395g CO₂/kWh in 2023.Again, both pale in compare to France.
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). gf000 5 months ago Well, populism is no good reason to do something dumb. Maybe laymen should not directly have a say over experts in deeply technical discussions. 49 replies →
gf000 5 months ago Well, populism is no good reason to do something dumb. Maybe laymen should not directly have a say over experts in deeply technical discussions. 49 replies →
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.
In 2024, US was at 384 gCO₂/kWh, while Germany was at 344 gCO₂/kWh.
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/carbon-intensity-electric...
The US fracking boom lasted until about 2015.
And according to energycharts.de Germany was at 395g CO₂/kWh in 2023.
Again, both pale in compare to France.
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).
Well, populism is no good reason to do something dumb. Maybe laymen should not directly have a say over experts in deeply technical discussions.
49 replies →