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OKIsItJustMe

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10. i don't know why I bother

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Sat Jul 12, 2025, 10:55 PM

Jul 12

IEA (2025), Global Energy Review 2025 (Page 34, CO₂ total emissions and CO₂ per capita emissions by region, 2000-2024), IEA, Paris https://www.iea.org/reports/global-energy-review-2025,
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Somehow, US emissions have been going down in the United States since 2000. Is it because of all of the nuclear plants we’ve been bringing on-line?

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Please, in my backyard... [View all] NNadir Jul 12 OP

Even a blind nut can find a squirrel occasionally. nt eppur_se_muova Jul 12 #1

Luckily... Think. Again. Jul 12 #2

Solar and wind are useless short lived garbage dependent on fossil fuels, NNadir Jul 12 #3

Unfortunately... Think. Again. Jul 12 #4

We don't HAVE to have solar and wind because obviously, during episodes of Dunkleflaute we clearly don't have them. NNadir Jul 12 #5

As I clearly wrote... Think. Again. Jul 12 #6

Post removed Post removed Jul 12 #7

Oh dear, I don't mean to embarrass you... Think. Again. Jul 12 #8

I'm hardly embarrassed. In general, people offering nonsense fail to perceive that it is nonsense. There's a... NNadir Jul 12 #9

i don't know why I bother OKIsItJustMe Jul 12 #10

US emissions John ONeill Jul 13 #13

U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2024 OKIsItJustMe Jul 13 #19

Global electricity generation by source, 2014-2027 OKIsItJustMe Jul 13 #11

Spotlight: Dunkelflaute events as potential stress tests OKIsItJustMe Jul 13 #12

Dunkelflaute John ONeill Jul 13 #14

Yep, and H2 could have covered those events without the emissions from gas. Think. Again. Jul 13 #15

Total net electricity generation in Germany in week 45 2024 OKIsItJustMe Jul 13 #16

Total net electricity generation in Germany in week 50 2024 OKIsItJustMe Jul 13 #17

A case study: Dunkelflaute events in Northern Europe on 5-7 November and 11-12 December 2024 OKIsItJustMe Jul 13 #18