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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.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by fustakrakich on Wednesday February 12 2020, @07:48PM (3 children)
Obama managed to pull the US out of a devastating economic depression
Yeah, Trump is riding coattails, but Obama merely paid ransom to Wall Street and gave some of their people cushy government jobs, Holder being a kind of famous one, and they put a tiny part back into the economy. Obama is hardly a hero.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 5, Touché) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday February 12 2020, @11:20PM (1 child)
Eric Holder never worked for Wall Street [wikipedia.org]
Got any other lies for us?
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday February 12 2020, @11:38PM
Covington & Burling LLP is Wall Street. Check their history your own self.
And what did he ever do to prosecute the criminals that caused the "recession"? And those illegal foreclosures? Sorry, he's Wall Street all the way.
Oh dear! [wsws.org]
:-) Keep on covering for them! You are a most loyal servant to the Party. Some day you might get a plaque
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 13 2020, @12:24AM
Flamebait
Uh oh! Here come the democrats with a fresh batch of points! Now watch the magic!