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Re:Photos Capture the Breathtaking Scale of China's Wind and... by sensanaty on Friday January 16, 2026 @06:50AM (#46645527)
To be fair Australia also has approximately infinitely more sun than most of Europe does. But true, we could be doing a lot better in the EU regardless
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Re:Photos Capture the Breathtaking Scale of China's Wind and... by sien on Monday January 19, 2026 @03:56PM (#46684387)
The thing to look at is C02 equivalent emissions from electricity generation.

Despite Australia's high solar and battery penetration Australia's electricity generation is fairly high emissions.

https://app.electricitymaps.com/map/5y/monthly

France and Sweden have considerably lower emission electricity generation than Australia does.

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