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I gave the links to the raw data in my original post. I don't think PO Forum wants me to post the 27 x 254 matrix of usages.

I culdn't find the fdate for the US there, otherwise I wouldn't hav ...

To Cabrone:

Before you start your liberal rantings about oil get some facts:

US percentage of global oil consumption:...

could you also provide the absolute numbers , please?

(with the dra ...

If it is a coal-fired electrical powerplant, the CO2 emissions are even greater then they would be for a gasoline-powered car. :)

The Renault Twingo is also available as an electric vehicle (in ...

A recent news article said 10 million American cars would stop being driven if gas went to five dollars a gallon in the U.S. That is less that 1/2 of one percent (250 million vehicles U.S.)...
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I'm finding that hard to believe......Is MB really that forward thinking??

adopt or die.

some parts in germany now have ~35% electricity from wind-energy and that does work quite well, too. (but I assume that they can exchange certain amounts of that electricity through the grid with othe ...

Why don't you compare CO2 emissions of West Germany 1990-2004 with the US instead? :wink:

ok:

http://www.volker-quaschning.de/datserv/CO2-D/CO2-D.gif

http://www.volker-quaschning.de

D ...

Do you understand now how Germany was so successful at reducing its CO2 after 1990?

I'm perfectly aware of that.

But didn't you argue that Germany is not able to meet the Kyoto target?
I ...

More like 5 % of its electricity.

http://iea.org/textbase/stats/pdf_graphs/DEELEC.pdf

In 2007: 39,5TWh = 6,2%(6,4%)

http://ag-energiebilanzen.de

http://www.wind-energie.de/de/statistiken ...

(2) Germany signed the Kyoto Treaty and promised to reduce carbon production. Replacing non-CO2 emitting nukes with lignite power plants that emit huge amounts of CO2 will make Germany break th ...

Just for fun, let's look at an example, for the period between 2005 and 2007.

Germany's crude oil is nearly 100% imported. Since 2005, they have reduced their consumption of crude oil about 9%, fro ...

edit: a note on food, german food prices stayed low for reasons of competition between the country's largest grocer chains (long story) but now are soaring; a year ago germany had the lowest food pr ...

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And what about the carbon footprint of uranium mining and refining?

http://www.oeko.de/oekodoc/318/2007-008-de.pdf

see table on page 6.

carbon footprint of nuclear power plants depend ...

Germany's future path is clear...Germany is failing to honor their commitments under the Kyoto Treaty and becoming MORE dependent on fossil fuels, not less. :)

It will work even without nuclear ...