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    Carbon emissions are dropping—fast—in Europe


    Carbon emissions are dropping—fast—in Europe

    https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/04/25/carbon-emissions-are-dropping-fast-in-europe?utm_medium=social-media.content.np&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=editorial-social&utm_content=discovery.content

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    12 Comments

    1. AFartherStation on

      It is amazing how the Ukraine geo-political-energy shift allowed Europe to transition so much fossil fuel consumption into no-burn energy without a decade of politician’s interference.

    2. BeduiniESalvini on

      They should have dropped to 0 80 years ago, we would still have normal seasons.

    3. ExplanationSweet6907 on

      Spain has a huge contribution. All drives must buy an environmental sticker for their cars that cost 5€. And the sticker makes miracles, as soon as you stick it on your car, the air gets cleaner!!!

    4. 88rosomak on

      Unfortunately CO2 emissions are still massively increasing in China and India ruining whole world’s efforts to avoid catastrophe…

    5. ObviouslyTriggered on

      Unless you can demonstrate how much of it is due to actually adopting equivalent greener technologies vs simply de-industrializing and offsetting emissions to other countries like China and then having even more emissions due to goods having to be transported over much longer distances these metrics are pretty darn useless.

    6. BiggieSlonker on

      European and American emissions could hit absolute 0 today, and it only would save about 1 degree warming over the next 100 years according to IPCC estimates.

      So thats great and all but we’re still cooked.

    7. StrongFaithlessness5 on

      It always happens when someone forces people to leave their comfort zone hahaha.
      At least something good happens from time to time.

    9. Mahariri on

      I see a lot of dislike/anger for the article and the publication. I have zero sympathy or interest to defend either.
      I see a lot less argumentation against my heavily downvoted point that renewables will not pull us out of an energy crisis by themselves. How will they, exactly? According to this article of the (I assume you will point out, fossil-funded, ultra right wing, trump loving and cross burning evil) BBC , https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-60945298, UK now has 11,500 wind turbines, Onshore there are 8,827 turbines on 2,604 farms, Offshore there are 2,652 turbines on 43 farms. To power every home in the UK, 4 times that number is needed by 2035. That is not counting industry. Or all cars turning electric. Or all lorries turning electric. The latter would need over 10 extra GW all by itself. https://www.nationalgrid.com/document/146441/download

    10. Dominiczkie on

      With all my distaste towards totalitarian dystopia that Chinese government is, I’d like to remind every “but China” commenter that they are emitting so much cause you’re buying all that cheap crap from Shopee, Temu and Aliexpress and they have to produce it somehow. Same with PV panels and electric car batteries which allow EU governments to brag about emission reductions, producing them isn’t carbon free. Given all the carbon emission outsourcing that we, Europeans do, I’d consider it best to focus on ourselves instead of pointing fingers 🙂

    11. DumbledoresShampoo on

      I was in Texas a month ago. Lost hope in saving our planet after that. 15t CO2/person yearly. I always wondered how that is even possible. Now I know.

      Nonetheless, I’m glad Europe is making progress, being less dependent on fossils.

    12. DerKyhe on

      It is as if a cheap source of oil and gas disappeared from the market for good. I wonder what could be the cause of all this? 😀