Germany’s emissions hit 70-year low as it reduces reliance on coal
Germany’s emissions hit 70-year low as it reduces reliance on coal
Country emitted 73m fewer tonnes of greenhouse gases in 2023 than year before, study reveals
Despite this fall in coal reliance, the thinktank said, “most of the emissions cuts in 2023 are not sustainable from an industrial or climate policy perspective”.
Müller said: “The crisis-related slump in production weakens the German economy. If emissions are subsequently relocated abroad, then nothing has been achieved for the climate.”
To hit its climate targets, Germany needed a “barrage of investments” to modernise industry and reduce the carbon footprint from heating, Müller said.
Hmmm decades of profits and they couldn’t afford to do it themselves without needing a barrage of investments?
New solution, ban all dividends and payouts from companies until they invest in being clean.
100% without nuclear!
That's the part I don't get... How could it have been higher while they had nuclear plants??
It seems like nuclear started being phased out in the early 2000s, and wind only started getting phased in, in like the 2000s and with a bit of solar getting phased in around 2010.
Fossil fuels seemed to take up more than half of their energy mix till like 2008 ish (?), and only really starting to drop off around 2016.
Although now I'm also kinda wondering what their total energy usage/ production was during that time now.
Because nuclear renewables replaced a lot of nuclear power, Germany was a net electricity exporter, but that turned around, and electricity consumption is down a lot.
Nuclear is not the only way to provide clean energy.
Then other parts of the economy. Electricity makes up a quarter of Germanys emissions. Gas boilers, combustion engines and so forth all emit a lot, but they are not something, which can be replaced with a nuclear power plant. That takes other systems like heat pumps, electric cars and so forth. Since that makes up most of the emissions changes in those areas matter a lot more then the electricity system.
One day... I hope while I'm still kicking.
Germany is
Its easy when you outsorce more and more industry to countries who don’t regulate emissions.
You can not outsource certain emissions like the electricity grid, transport within the country and heating. Also Germany is a massive exporter of industrial products.
So, still twice the co2 emission of France nuclear based energy production. Good job ecology nerds.
or 60% more per capita and propably around 18% more then the EU per capita.
What do you expect from a country most famous for genocide and killing millions in two World Wars?
What point are you trying to make and how is it related to the holocaust?
If you’re adding the context that basically says “it’s all bogus”, why not adjust the headline accordingly? This makes it seem like Germany actually did something to protect the climate.
Yeah, we wrecked the economy by trapping it in dead end technologies and killing off innovations for decades under conservative government. Degrowth like a champ!