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Australia’s thirst for power drives a rise in coal and gas-led emissions for third quarter in a row (www.theguardian.com)

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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.

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[–] threeduck@aussie.zone 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

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