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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.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday February 13 2020, @01:42AM (2 children)
The one where the DNC rigs the primary for Biden seems to have fallen out of favor!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 13 2020, @05:23AM (1 child)
Where have you seen that? They clearly tried to fix it for him or buttigieg and then moved onto something else because Biden isn't worth it anymore.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday February 13 2020, @12:09PM
The primaries aren't over yet, and if the current pattern of results continues the Democratic Party will wind up in a brokered convention. Then the super delegates will come into play and it will be a whole new level of rigging. They could anoint Joe Biden then, or anyone they want, really. They could even anoint Hillary for a do-over of 2016.
The DNC has been rigging the contest against Bernie the whole time, and they will keep doing as much as they think they can get away with. I suspect they have already conceded the election to Trump and are now focused on defending the DNC from the progressive base so that they can remain in power as the gatekeepers.
Washington DC delenda est.