Pollution by electric vs non electric trains.
Rail has an important role to play in achieving a more sustainable transport system and reducing transport’s contribution to climate change. However, while transport policy makes a general reference to rail transport in terms of being relatively ‘green’, there are many different types of ‘green’, many different types of rail and different operating conditions that determine how ‘green’ or ‘climate friendly’ rail really is.
The European Green Deal features plans to double high-speed rail by 2030 and triple it by 2050. At the moment, 75% of freight is moved by road, so movement of goods by rail is set to double by 2050 https://perma.cc/N2DX-ZCSZ
Shifting passengers from road and air transport to rail transport is a necessity to achieve the EU climate targets in time. As rail is the most energy efficient mode of passenger transport, if more people were to travel by train (rather than more polluting modes) then the CO2 emissions from the transport sector would be reduced. On average in Europe, rail emits 33g CO2eq per passenger-km (5 to 6 times less than air travel). On some journeys the difference is bigger, for example, between Paris and Barcelona, rail travel emits close to 100 times less CO2eq than travelling by air https://perma.cc/J7UY-D8UA
Europe is trying to ditch planes for trains. Here’s how that’s going https://perma.cc/5VUB-BZCS
France isn’t the first European country to take a tougher line on super short-haul flights.
The real cost of travel https://perma.cc/L95N-4372
Learn more about CO2 pollution by train / planes
https://news.1rj.ru/str/ElonMuskPollution
https://news.1rj.ru/str/PollutionFacts
https://news.1rj.ru/str/NatureFreaksDeutsch/659
https://news.1rj.ru/str/NatureFreaksDeutsch/672
https://news.1rj.ru/str/NatureFreaksDeutsch/649
etc.
Rail has an important role to play in achieving a more sustainable transport system and reducing transport’s contribution to climate change. However, while transport policy makes a general reference to rail transport in terms of being relatively ‘green’, there are many different types of ‘green’, many different types of rail and different operating conditions that determine how ‘green’ or ‘climate friendly’ rail really is.
The European Green Deal features plans to double high-speed rail by 2030 and triple it by 2050. At the moment, 75% of freight is moved by road, so movement of goods by rail is set to double by 2050 https://perma.cc/N2DX-ZCSZ
Shifting passengers from road and air transport to rail transport is a necessity to achieve the EU climate targets in time. As rail is the most energy efficient mode of passenger transport, if more people were to travel by train (rather than more polluting modes) then the CO2 emissions from the transport sector would be reduced. On average in Europe, rail emits 33g CO2eq per passenger-km (5 to 6 times less than air travel). On some journeys the difference is bigger, for example, between Paris and Barcelona, rail travel emits close to 100 times less CO2eq than travelling by air https://perma.cc/J7UY-D8UA
Europe is trying to ditch planes for trains. Here’s how that’s going https://perma.cc/5VUB-BZCS
France isn’t the first European country to take a tougher line on super short-haul flights.
The real cost of travel https://perma.cc/L95N-4372
Learn more about CO2 pollution by train / planes
https://news.1rj.ru/str/ElonMuskPollution
https://news.1rj.ru/str/PollutionFacts
https://news.1rj.ru/str/NatureFreaksDeutsch/659
https://news.1rj.ru/str/NatureFreaksDeutsch/672
https://news.1rj.ru/str/NatureFreaksDeutsch/649
etc.
In 2019, hydro power use dominated the renewable energy mix in countries such as: Austria (76%), Bulgaria (48%), Croatia (74%), Finland (43%), France (53%), Italy (41%), Latvia (73%), Romania (65%), Slovakia (65%) and Sweden (66%).
Wind energy, on the other hand, dominated the structure of renewable energy sources in countries such as: Belgium (48%), Cyprus (45%), Denmark (69%), Germany (50%), Greece (42%), Ireland (86%), Lithuania (55%), Netherlands (49%), Poland (57%), Portugal (43%) and Spain (52%).
In 2019, countries such as Sweden, Finland and the Netherlands had the largest share of renewable energy use in transport (30.31%, 21.29%, and 12.51%, respectively).
For renewable energy use in electricity, countries such as Austria, Sweden and Denmark led the way.
When it comes to renewable energy use in heating and cooling, countries such as Sweden, Latvia and Finland were the leaders: 66.12%, 57.76%, and 57.49%.
In contrast, the lowest renewable energy consumption occurred in countries such as:
In transport—Cyprus, Lithuania and Greece.
In electricity—Malta, Cyprus and Hungary.
In heating and cooling—Ireland, the Netherlands and Belgium.
During the period under review, the biggest changes in renewable energy consump‐ tion took place in countries such as: Malta (in 2009, the shares of renewable energy con‐ sumption especially in transport, electricity were 0.00, while in 2019, they were already close to the EU average), Estonia (the share of renewable energy consumption in transport has increased more than tenfold), Cyprus (the share of renewable energy consumption in electricity has increased more than 16‐fold), and Slovakia (the share of renewable energy consumption in heating and cooling has more than doubled).
Despite the significant increase in renewable energy consumption, most of the countries mentioned are still characterized by the lowest percentage of renewable energy use.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POST DOESN'T INCLUDE NORWAY!!!
More about Poland https://news.1rj.ru/str/PollutionFacts/937
Wind energy, on the other hand, dominated the structure of renewable energy sources in countries such as: Belgium (48%), Cyprus (45%), Denmark (69%), Germany (50%), Greece (42%), Ireland (86%), Lithuania (55%), Netherlands (49%), Poland (57%), Portugal (43%) and Spain (52%).
In 2019, countries such as Sweden, Finland and the Netherlands had the largest share of renewable energy use in transport (30.31%, 21.29%, and 12.51%, respectively).
For renewable energy use in electricity, countries such as Austria, Sweden and Denmark led the way.
When it comes to renewable energy use in heating and cooling, countries such as Sweden, Latvia and Finland were the leaders: 66.12%, 57.76%, and 57.49%.
In contrast, the lowest renewable energy consumption occurred in countries such as:
In transport—Cyprus, Lithuania and Greece.
In electricity—Malta, Cyprus and Hungary.
In heating and cooling—Ireland, the Netherlands and Belgium.
During the period under review, the biggest changes in renewable energy consump‐ tion took place in countries such as: Malta (in 2009, the shares of renewable energy con‐ sumption especially in transport, electricity were 0.00, while in 2019, they were already close to the EU average), Estonia (the share of renewable energy consumption in transport has increased more than tenfold), Cyprus (the share of renewable energy consumption in electricity has increased more than 16‐fold), and Slovakia (the share of renewable energy consumption in heating and cooling has more than doubled).
Despite the significant increase in renewable energy consumption, most of the countries mentioned are still characterized by the lowest percentage of renewable energy use.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POST DOESN'T INCLUDE NORWAY!!!
More about Poland https://news.1rj.ru/str/PollutionFacts/937