Britain has gone two months without burning coal to generate power

Re:Britain has gone two months without burning coal to gener... by renaudg on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @08:19PM (#23472527)

Not really, Poland burns so much coal that even the absolute numbers don't look great : https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/german-lignite-plants-e...

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Re:Britain has gone two months without burning coal to gener... by scotty79 on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @04:42AM (#23475133)

These seem to be specifically CO2 emissions from coal. When you look at total CO2 from all energy sources Poland fares better also than UK or Czechia I think.

We also buy less stuff and are not really into eating cows.

I'm not saying it's great. We are bad, but in total not as bad as this map suggests: https://knoema.com/atlas/ranks/CO2-emissions-per-capita

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