boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago40% of US electricity is now emissions-freearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square225fedilinkarrow-up1948arrow-down121cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.mlclimate@slrpnk.netscience@lemmy.world
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minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoAlso needs less coal. And after that less natural gas, but getting rid of coal should be the higher priority as it is the greater polluting fuel.
minus-squareCrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.worklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-21 year agoFair. I wonder if the chart includes the coal typically needed to make steel.
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agounless that coal is somehow also generating power, i doubt it, electricity production including a source that isn’t electricity production is… weird.
minus-squareCrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.worklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoOkay I guess it should have been obvious to me.
Also needs less coal.
And after that less natural gas, but getting rid of coal should be the higher priority as it is the greater polluting fuel.
Fair. I wonder if the chart includes the coal typically needed to make steel.
unless that coal is somehow also generating power, i doubt it, electricity production including a source that isn’t electricity production is… weird.
Okay I guess it should have been obvious to me.