Greenhouse gas emissions from Australia’s main electricity grid increased for a third quarter in a row as higher power demand drove more use of black coal and gas plants, the Australian Energy Market Operator says.
Vote Green :(
Greenhouse gas emissions from Australia’s main electricity grid increased for a third quarter in a row as higher power demand drove more use of black coal and gas plants, the Australian Energy Market Operator says.
Vote Green :(
I bought an electric motorbike to use instead of a car, my right wing dad bummed me out when he said australia is 70% powered by fossil fuels.
if you charge it at night sure, if you charge it during the day it’s 70% powered by renewables
https://ibb.co/VgnQ47y
https://aemo.com.au/Energy-systems/Electricity/National-Electricity-Market-NEM/Data-NEM/Data-Dashboard-NEM
daylight has been conquered by solar, now we’re moving into battery/hydro/wind to dominate night as well
you can also tell him that electric vehicles are still more efficient even when powered by coal because a petrol engine spends 70% of its energy making a lot of noise and heat, whereas ev’s do the opposite