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Germany’s emissions hit 70-year low as it reduces reliance on coal (www.theguardian.com)
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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.”

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Graph showing GDP, energy consumption, and emissions since 1991