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BuddyTheBeefalo @lemmy.ml

2y ago

Share of electricity production from renewables, 2022

In Numbers: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-electricity-renewables?tab=table

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No shit, the global south is leading the renewable charge.
What's the breakdown on emissions though?
- South America has a ton of hydroelectric capacity.
- The South had less in the way of infrastructure, self contained solar and wind are totally obvious.
Gonna need this map with biomass excluded
- It would also be nice to get one with nuclear added. Not renewable, but still green.
- And another with hydropower removed. Dams weren't exactly built with green energy as a goal.
  
  So?
  
  Why does it matter why they were built? Low carbon energy is low carbon energy, while some countries may have an natural advantage it typically tends to be in places with lower options for solar.
How/why is North Korea so green?
- doesn't a lot of their energy come from solar and hydropower?
- The emblem of the DPRK comes to mind:
In
's defense, they at least have nuclear which doesn't need to be counted as "renewable", but is definitely leagues better than dinosaur juice.
Norway playing both sides...
Man the ocean is really behind everyone else. I expected better from the worlds largest watermass.

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