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by esqqfskaw 2397 days ago
In what sense are they power horses? Under ideal conditions maybe, so for geographically small countries that's nice. For larger regions like the US most of our improvement in terms of emissions has been driven by a mix of increased efficiency within specific consumption types (such as cars) and a shift from coal to natural gas which ultimately is also a matter of co2 efficiency.