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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: 2) by Grishnakh on Thursday February 13 2020, @04:22AM (3 children)
If Trump wins 2020 then that means they defrauded the democratic process.
Sorry, no. The popular vote thing is really irrelevant, because that's not how the Presidential election is decided in the US. (I'm not advocating for the Electoral College BTW.) It's entirely possible for the same thing to happen this year, because voters in rural states have more power in this election, by design.
What the Democrats really should have done back in 2008 when they had control of Congress was create a new Constitutional Amendment fixing that mess. They might not have gotten enough states to ratify it, but once it's passed, it never goes away, just waiting for states to ratify it, as the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) has done (it was passed decades ago, but never ratified by enough states; it only needs a few now).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 13 2020, @04:48AM (2 children)
Yes I know, but he barely won the EC last time and now people know what he is. Of course he'll still get the evangelical vote, but pair those things together and the only way he wins is with election fraud. The GOP pretty blatantly stole the election in 2000, and it is arguable they did the same thing again paired with a massive misinformation social media campaign. Oh right, the GOP using their senate majority to block any election security bills.
My point stands except for people who don't want to lose the little bit of faith in the system they have left. Sanders will win with a massive lead that all the cheating can't stop without being excessively obvious.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday February 13 2020, @02:09PM (1 child)
It's interesting that you're presuming Sanders will win when Buttigieg is basically tied with him for delegates now. I think Bernie has the most enthusiastic support, and ironically he is winning the popular vote but not the most delegates, but the DNC will do whatever it can to block him. It's not just the presidency at stake, but all the down-ticket races in Congress and state houses that stand to suffer losses if Bernie is at the top of the ticket. The DNC, per James Carville a couple days ago, sees Bernie's rise as the "end of days."
However it pans out ultimately, one half of the Democratic party will not show up to vote if the "wrong" guy wins the nomination. If it goes to a brokered convention and the super delegates coronate somebody crazy like Hillary, nobody will show up to vote and the Democratic party will summarily implode.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 13 2020, @04:54PM
If both parties get demolished and we end up with a bunch of new ones then GOOD.
In the meantime, you Faux Democrats should really spend more effort educating the MAGhatters. Would be something actually useful.