Rising costs of energy starting Feb 22 is the cause of the last huge dip. As a matter of fact, rising the price of energy and the ensuing economic slowdown is still the most effective way to to reduce GHG. Being frugal is the only way to reach 0 emissions in spite of whatever rosy paint one wants to put on green energy, housing renovation and other half-effective measures.
So what is Germany gunna do? Just shut down their nuclear plants…
Wind, solar, and storage, which have replaced their nuclear at this point:
https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/b10d87f4-4de2-46ec-ade9-88e83a76a81d.webp
It might have been better to roll those out first, and shut down nuclear second, but zero fossil fuels remains doable within a decade.
Rising costs of energy starting Feb 22 is the cause of the last huge dip. As a matter of fact, rising the price of energy and the ensuing economic slowdown is still the most effective way to to reduce GHG. Being frugal is the only way to reach 0 emissions in spite of whatever rosy paint one wants to put on green energy, housing renovation and other half-effective measures.