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Re:The Ever-Present Glow of LED Greenhouses by itcrowd on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @04:21PM (#21328132)
Just to give some numbers:

The Dutch greenhouse horticulture sector has emitted 6-8 megatons of CO2 per year between 2000-2015 and emissions are expected to decrease to ~4 megatons of CO2 per year in 2020 [1]. 7 megatons is approximately 4% of national emissions [2].

[1] pdf, https://www.wur.nl/upload_mm/c/e/c/f827af2c-9ae6-4bb5-bb47-9...

[2] https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/nieuws/2018/37/co2-uitstoot-in-2017...

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Re:The Ever-Present Glow of LED Greenhouses by mytailorisrich on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @02:30AM (#21331694)
4% of national emissions is a lot considering the purpose here, and taking into account, as said, that the Netherlands emit quite a bit to begin with because of fossil fuels use (Wikipedia says they emitted twice as much as France per capita in 2014 [1], for example)

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_...

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Re:The Ever-Present Glow of LED Greenhouses by MuffinFlavored on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @10:33PM (#21330529)
> 7 megatons is approximately 4% of national emissions

What makes up the bulk of national emissions?

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Re:The Ever-Present Glow of LED Greenhouses by itcrowd on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @09:24AM (#21334352)
As of 2nd quarter 2019 [1] rougly:

32% Energy, water and waste services

24.5% Agriculture, mining, industry, construction

12% Other services

13.5% Transport

18% Households

This is a major challenge (not only in the Netherlands) because it appears there is no one "bulk emitter" that must be tackled.

[1] https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/nieuws/2019/39/uitstoot-co2-hoger-i...

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