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posted by martyb on Wednesday February 12 2020, @06:27PM   Printer-friendly
from the did-you-check-to-turn-the-lights-off dept.

Germany's economy nowadays emits as much carbon dioxide as it did in the 1950s, when it was 10 times smaller.

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), carbon dioxide emissions trends for 2019 suggest clean energy transitions are underway. Global power sector emissions declined by some 170 Mt, or 1.2%, with the biggest falls taking place in the advanced economies of the European Union, Japan and the United States. There, CO2 emissions are now at levels not seen since the late 1980s, when electricity demand was one-third lower.

In these advanced economies, the average CO2 emissions intensity of electricity generation declined by nearly 6.5% in 2019. This is a rate three times faster than the average over the past decade.

This decline is driven by a switch from coal to natural gas, a rise in nuclear power and weaker electricity demand, combined with the seemingly unstoppable growth in renewables. These now constitute over 40% of the energy mix in Germany (wind power +11%) and the United Kingdom, where rapid expansion in offshore wind power generation is happening.

The bummer lies with the rest of the world.

There emissions continue to expand with close to 400 Mt last year. About 80% of that increase is happening in Asia. Coal demand here continues to expand, accounting for over 50% of energy use.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 12 2020, @07:37PM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 12 2020, @07:37PM (#957346)

    You can eat up what previous generations built and call that "transition" all you want, but when nothing is left, words won't matter anymore.

  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by r1348 on Wednesday February 12 2020, @08:47PM (5 children)

    by r1348 (5988) on Wednesday February 12 2020, @08:47PM (#957378)

    Ok, boomer.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 12 2020, @11:23PM (4 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 12 2020, @11:23PM (#957474)

      OOooooOoOohhhh no he didn't!

      You DO know that is the new N word right? So sayeth some crusty old academic with tenure.

      • (Score: 3, Touché) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday February 13 2020, @01:16AM (3 children)

        by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday February 13 2020, @01:16AM (#957521) Journal

        To which we snicker, roll our eyes, and repeat "Okay, Boomer."

        --
        I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
        • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday February 13 2020, @01:46AM (2 children)

          by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday February 13 2020, @01:46AM (#957529) Journal

          I just love how triggered the people who've been shit talking millennials for the last 2 decades get over it.

          But hey, it's all just a Soros funded DNC plot to take the OK hand-sign back from the white supremacists. Wake up sheeple!

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 13 2020, @06:03AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 13 2020, @06:03AM (#957616)

    The Sheep and the Goats

    31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

    34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

    37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

    40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

    Christians need to really examine their commitment to their faith.