Comment by alecco

Comment by alecco 2 hours ago

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I dare you do the CO2 added due to outsourcing to India, a country whose electricity is 75% generated from burning coal in dirty old power plants.

nandomrumber 2 hours ago

Since we’re here making comparisons, here’s the USA’s electricity production breakdown:

   22.2% Nuclear
   19.5% Renewable
   31.7% Natural gas
   26.0% Coal
   0.6% Petroleum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_the_United_States

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Edit to add: in response to your reply and because I’ve hit my rate limit for replies (this being one of my few favourite things to rant about)…:

It’s actually a much better mix than how I thought I remembered it.

If that’s the US’s plan, it’s a good one.

I just wish the Australian government would get onboard with nuclear, and ditch the renewables for gas. We export as much LNG by volume as Qatar!

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  • zahlman 41 minutes ago

    The article you linked is about overall energy use, so it doesn't clearly support your numbers.

    But I'm actually shocked that the US is generating that much nuclear electricity. It always comes across as mired in impossible amounts of red tape.

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  • alecco 2 hours ago

    Thanks for the info. That does look like a much better composition and obviously less CO2 for same energy. I've heard the US government plan is to do gas generation aggressively for next few years to bridge untile they get all the new nuclear power plants online.

    And never mind a modern power grid vs an old one causing waste of 15-16%.

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