Up through July 2018, Luzerne County produced virtually all electricity using their nuclear plant, then, they brought natural gas plants on-line:
(By-the-way, notice that nuclear production has decreased over the years.)
Up through July, 2018, Luzerne County produced very little greenhouse emissions from electrical generation. Then, they started to.
If Amazon increases electricity consumption, without increasing the supply of nuclear-generated electricity, that increased consumption will be supplied some other way (i.e. by burning “frack gas.”)
If Amazon had built a new data center, and a new nuclear plant was built (by anyone) to supply its electricity, that would be meaningful. This is not. This is just greenwashing. Amazon claims they’re using "green electricity," while causing an overall increase in GHG emissions. Meanwhile, the plant they’re using is 40 years old. How much longer do you think it will remain on-line?
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