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HunterCA -> RE: I know Global Warming Again (6/19/2015 6:23:51 PM)
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ORIGINAL: missiesfavourite
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ORIGINAL: HunterCA
Actually, if you would use your half mind, the topic is global warming. Look and see real quick. And, you've not yet responded to, or acknowledged the link that was posted some posts back.
you may have missed that a user named Aylee made a statement about germany and its energy policy that was based on informations that were incomplete, and I informed her about it and posted a link myself where to see the complete information in the next post
I never called anyone rude so far - and I do not plan to
you might find that the link I posted in my previous message is on topic too
how does this:
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By 2020, the federal government wants to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 by 40%. According to experts, this is possible only by old coal-fired power plants are shut down gradually.
2014 43% of total gross electricity was produced from coal. This is significantly less than in 1990: Back then came 57% of its electricity from coal and lignite. In recent years, the gross electricity production has increased from coal again: So the power generation from hard coal increased compared to 2009, from 108 to 109 billion kilowatt hours (+ 1%), electricity generation from lignite from 146 to 156 billion kilowatt-hours (7%) ,
Although coal in 2014 continued to be the most important energy source, the importance of renewable energy sources is more and more about: While in 1990 came only 4% of all electricity from renewable energy sources, there were in 2014 already 26%. By contrast, nuclear energy loses its relevance: obtained in 1990 28% of total gross electricity from nuclear energy, the proportion dropped to 16% by 2014.
Have anything to do with this:
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European countries are cutting back their solar subsidies to rein in energy costs and cut debt. The solar industry in Germany, Italy and Spain are all facing huge problems due to subsidy cuts and power rate hikes.
Germany’s planned energy reforms would force industries and households self-generating green energy to pay high surcharges to offset the energy costs of other consumers. Currently, energy-intensive industry have been exempted from green energy taxes so they can remain internationally competitive, meaning households and businesses bear the brunt of the high energy costs.
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The Italian government says solar companies have gotten enough subsidies and will have to live with lower tariffs. But the solar industry warns that subsidy cuts will drive away green energy investments and trigger legal action against the government.
“You can’t penalize operators halfway through their investments; they won’t come back,” said Pietro Colucci, CEO of Kinexia, an Italian-based green energy firm.
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On top of that, Spain didn’t actually appropriate enough money to actually fund all of their green spending, meaning the country took on huge amounts of energy debt — which reached more than $35 billion last July.
Last year, Spain began to dismantle its green energy subsidy system as energy debts grew and the economy continued to lag. New laws were introduced to “achieve an economic and financial stability of the electric system and avoid the incorporation of new costs,” according to the Spanish government.
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