An industrial country with renewable energyWhat magnitude of change? Most environmentalists have no idea how much effort is necessary and how the result looks like An average one family house in Germany uses:2000 l oil equals 2 t stone coal unit for heating and 4000 kWh electric power equals 1.2 t stone coal unit a year. This makes 3.2 t stone coal unit a year. A GEMINI inhabited solar power plant is practical heat energy free 15000 kWh yearly production of electrical power with only 3000 kWh for own usage gives a production from 3.6 t stone coal unit a year. This gives a difference from 6.8 t stone coal unit yearly from a GEMINI inhabited soar power plant against an average house. This seems to be a lot, but 80M Germans are using 500M t stone coal unit a year. This makes 6.25 t stone coal units per German and year. The average total energy usage from 3 persons is 18.75 t stone coal unit. This is the total energy use including the energy for producing all the purchased articles. This means grey energy is included. The 3 persons in a GEMINI house will use only about 12 instead of 18.75 t stone coal unit yearly.
but at the current CO2 situation, an easier game makes no sense. |