11-22-2017, 12:09 PM
Germany is a leader in renewable energy.
Yet somehow 40% of their electricity is produced by burning coal.
I recently read that if you covered the entire surface of a Tesla vehicle with solar cells, it would take a week for the solar to charge the battery enough to drive the car 3.5 miles.
I'm all for renewable energy sources, hopefully they come up with one that can actually replace fossil fuels. Maybe Utah will commercialize thorium reactors: http://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2...-energybr/
ETA: "But there's another, troubling side to the German story: The country still gets 40 percent of its energy from coal, a bigger share than most other European countries. And much of it is lignite, the dirtiest kind of coal. As a result, Germany is set to fall well short of its 2020 goal." https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/...-much-coal
Yet somehow 40% of their electricity is produced by burning coal.
I recently read that if you covered the entire surface of a Tesla vehicle with solar cells, it would take a week for the solar to charge the battery enough to drive the car 3.5 miles.
I'm all for renewable energy sources, hopefully they come up with one that can actually replace fossil fuels. Maybe Utah will commercialize thorium reactors: http://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2...-energybr/
ETA: "But there's another, troubling side to the German story: The country still gets 40 percent of its energy from coal, a bigger share than most other European countries. And much of it is lignite, the dirtiest kind of coal. As a result, Germany is set to fall well short of its 2020 goal." https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/...-much-coal