silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months agoG7 countries agree to shut all their coal power plants within the next 10 yearstheprogressplaybook.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1234arrow-down15
arrow-up1229arrow-down1external-linkG7 countries agree to shut all their coal power plants within the next 10 yearstheprogressplaybook.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squareRetrograde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down6·edit-22 months agoIsn’t Germany doubling down on coal at the moment/bringing plants back online? Edit: I was not correct, thanks for clarifying
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoNo, Germany’s coal usage is currently at a 60-year-low and dropping.
minus-squareJumi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-22 months agoIn 2023 the amount of electricity produced with coal reduced by 30,8% and went from 33,2% of the total electricity production in 2022 to 26,1% in 2023. For comparison 56,0% of all electricity in 2023 came from renewables compared to 46,3% in 2022. Source
minus-squareRetrograde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 months agoFair enough, I was sorely mistaken then! I must’ve read some clickbait bs or something.
minus-squareJumi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoNo harm done, well done for admitting it.
Isn’t Germany doubling down on coal at the moment/bringing plants back online?Edit: I was not correct, thanks for clarifying
No, Germany’s coal usage is currently at a 60-year-low and dropping.
In 2023 the amount of electricity produced with coal reduced by 30,8% and went from 33,2% of the total electricity production in 2022 to 26,1% in 2023.
For comparison 56,0% of all electricity in 2023 came from renewables compared to 46,3% in 2022.
Source
Fair enough, I was sorely mistaken then! I must’ve read some clickbait bs or something.
No harm done, well done for admitting it.
Sigh, no