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HouseOfSteak t1_ivx5lq4 wrote

Reply to comment by Mithrandir2k16 in Through solar power, India saved burning 19.4 million tonnes of coal in the first half of this year: Report by starwolf_98

About 2%. ~966M consumption/year.

For comparison, China burns 4B, USA burns 731M.

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Mithrandir2k16 t1_ivxcv24 wrote

Wow, that's actually signifficant. Thanks for looking it up!

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HiveMynd148 t1_ivxwfik wrote

I mean, a Significant portion of our energy comes from Hydro too but China has the largest Hydro dam in the world, how the fuck do they manage to burn 4 Billion Tonnes of coal?

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HouseOfSteak t1_ivypde4 wrote

By having over 4x India's GDP while also being a developing country and producing ~28.5% of the world's stuff.

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