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Just Have a Think | Lifetime carbon emissions of renewables vs fossil fuel. Problem or solution? @JustHaveaThink | Uploaded June 2022 | Updated October 2024, 35 minutes ago.
Renewable energy sources are playing an increasingly important role in electricity girds all over the world. They emit negligible greenhouse gas emissions at the point of use. But is that the whole story? How do lifetime emissions from manufacture, transport and disposal of renewables stack up against fossil fuels?

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