Although not an expert on that specific country, I can be sure that ’ almost all ’ is very misleading, even if it gets a lot upvotes because people find it convenient to blame some big bad other. Even if you have specific data for electricity, don’t forget a lot of CO2 is emitted by cars, and also by fuel to heat homes (including some peat in special case of ireland - and in that country a large fraction of GHG emissions is also methane from agriculture).
Comment on Ireland’s datacentres overtake electricity use of all urban homes combined | The Guardian
Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
Business & Industry uses over 75% of electricity in Ireland. Residential energy usage really is not that much, in any country in the world.
Same with CO2, almost all of it is created by industries.
benjhm@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
smeeps@lemmy.mtate.me.uk 3 months ago
Also no one ever mentions that the industries are building products for the public. They don’t just release CO2 and use electricity for fun lol
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Well, in the US, here’s a decent breakdown by sector:
- 30% industry
- 31% residential & commercial
- 29% transportation
- 10% agriculture
I don’t know what the breakdown is between residential and commercial, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s pretty even.
- 38% agriculture
- 21% transportation
- 14% energy
- 11% industrial (combined mfg combustion and industrial)
- 10% residential
- 5% other
So yeah, unless you count agriculture as “industries,” they are one of the smaller factors in Ireland, especially compared to other parts of the world.
el_abuelo@programming.dev 3 months ago
Don’t worry - electricity also trickles down.