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Germany's Emissions Dive to a 70-Year Low Amid Decline in Coal Use (bnnbreaking.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Wanderer@lemm.ee to c/energy

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For a country that people shat on a lot for closing their nuclear plants Germany is on the right track reducing their C02.

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[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Here's the graph over time.

Since this is capacity, intermittent sources like renewables will be overrepresented compared to actual usage, but the trends should still be accurate.

Edit: nvm, here's actual usage

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Some good looking graphs there.

Really living in a notable period of history right now. People will be reading about this time 100 years from now.

[–] Zoboomafoo 3 points 10 months ago

It's the curse of "May you live in interesting times"