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Environment & Energy

Benton D Struckcheon

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5. EIA's page on Germany

Reply to GliderGuider (Original post)

Mon Sep 1, 2014, 01:25 PM

Sep 2014

Actual facts here: http://www.eia.gov/countries/country-data.cfm?fips=gm

Their carbon output is down considerably since 1991, so while the Facebook stuff is exaggerated, they have been doing a good job over there. Coal consumption has also fallen quite a bit. It went up a little after Fukushima since they sped up their decommissioning of nuclear.

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Reality Check: Germany Does Not Get Half of its Energy from Solar Panels [View all] GliderGuider Aug 2014 OP

This was a strawman -- Germany got half it's electicity from solar on one public holiday in June, KurtNYC Aug 2014 #1

No, but they have had solar on government bldgs for over 30 years so low cost to public to operate. TheNutcracker Aug 2014 #2

It does appear that about half comes from renewables. trof Sep 2014 #3

True enough - shouldn't just talk about solar - should also include wind as they complement Finishline42 Sep 2014 #4

Not even close. FBaggins Sep 2014 #6

EIA's page on Germany Benton D Struckcheon Sep 2014 #5