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Re:Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of... by ucha on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @04:15PM (#29655320)
I understand that energy consumption includes things that aren't electricity so the proportion of oil is higher but everything else is different too. For example, in the parent comment, more wind than biomass is produced but in this comment the consumption is the other way around. Is it because biomass is used for cars as well (ethanol)? Maybe wood for heating too?
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Re:Germany is closing half of its reactors before the end of... by elcapitan on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @04:22PM (#29655427)
Yes, I think it's a mix of Biodiesel and wood stoves. Not sure why the rape seed production wouldn't count into the biomass production then. It makes sense that you see private-only things like wood stoves only on the consumption side.

I think another factor is that private sector (heavy industry) production of energy (with private coal plants etc) probably doesn't count into the production side either.

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