Oceans hit highest temperature on record

Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by vkou on Monday August 24, 2026 @09:09PM (#49427940)

And despite that, this is what Germany achieved in the past 35 years.

https://www.cleanenergywire.org/sites/default/files/GHG%20em...

Over a 60% reduction in emissions from the electrical sector.

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Compare that to the US, where environmentalists haven't been allowed anywhere near any influence in the federal government... And you'll very quickly see that they are just a convenient boogieman, and not the actual problem.

https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/inventory-us-greenhouse-gas...

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Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by noosphr on Monday August 24, 2026 @09:40PM (#49428115)

And yet it produces 8 times the co2 per mwh that France does: https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/indicators/greenhouse-...

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Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by Mawr on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @01:14AM (#49429352)

So are you saying Germany achieved a greater reduction due to shutting down nuclear than they would have otherwise? If not, your argument is moot.

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Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by vkou on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @12:43PM (#49436912)

I'm observing that a country with an actual environmentalist political presence achieved a greater overall reduction than one without. Maybe they aren't the problem, as popular as they may be to bitch at on this forum.

Even if one of their policy points is counterproductive, the rest more than made up for it.

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Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by noosphr on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @05:47PM (#49441152)

Yeah, France is doing great. Germany is heading to the stone age. Which I suppose is an environmental policy of sorts. Who would have thought the Morgenthau plan would be so popular in 21st century Germany.

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