Yeah, but Germany also currently burns tonnes of lignite, the dirtiest form of coal you can burn, which is mined in open cast pits that require large deforestation. In fact, German use of coal increased year on year last year while renewables stagnated (see link below), which has lead the German government to admit it won’t make its own climate targets for 2022 or 2023. https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/klimaschutz-corona-emissionen-1.5493011
Germany is not a bad country when it comes to renewables, but given the amount of coal and russian gas they burn they just aren’t the climate darlings they are so often painted as.
Edit: I’m not saying you are trying to paint Germany in a certain light – the article is just showing some data. But I think Germany’s attitudes to coal, gas and nuclear – which are quite frankly pro emissions and completely at odds with the aim of reducing carbon emissions – don’t really get talked about enough.
Is nuclear power considered clean energy? Consider how dependent Germany is on Russia nat gas, wouldn’t it make sense to keep the nuclear power plants running longer as long as the equipment is safe to use?
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Before celebrating, let’s see who picks up the other 13.3% that will be gone by the end of the year.
(also, if [52.6gCO2/kwh](https://www.climate-transparency.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/CT2021France.pdf#page=8) isn’t good enough, what about [210gCO2/kWh](https://www.climate-transparency.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/CT2021Germany.pdf#page=8)?)
Yeah, but Germany also currently burns tonnes of lignite, the dirtiest form of coal you can burn, which is mined in open cast pits that require large deforestation. In fact, German use of coal increased year on year last year while renewables stagnated (see link below), which has lead the German government to admit it won’t make its own climate targets for 2022 or 2023.
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/klimaschutz-corona-emissionen-1.5493011
Germany is not a bad country when it comes to renewables, but given the amount of coal and russian gas they burn they just aren’t the climate darlings they are so often painted as.
Edit: I’m not saying you are trying to paint Germany in a certain light – the article is just showing some data. But I think Germany’s attitudes to coal, gas and nuclear – which are quite frankly pro emissions and completely at odds with the aim of reducing carbon emissions – don’t really get talked about enough.
Is nuclear power considered clean energy? Consider how dependent Germany is on Russia nat gas, wouldn’t it make sense to keep the nuclear power plants running longer as long as the equipment is safe to use?