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40% of US electricity is now emissions-free (arstechnica.com)
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[–] u_tamtam@programming.dev 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Good resource to compare different regions and situations: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-electricity-fossil-nuclear-renewables?country=CHN~USA~OWID_EU27~FRA~Lower-middle-income+countries~Upper-middle-income+countries

[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I knew France leaned towards nuclear power, but damn

[–] Arcturus@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

That's actually shrinking now, it used to be a larger share a decade, two decades ago. Being replaced by renewables.