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Originally Posted by sendler
This is a common mistake in confusing the words "energy" and "power" when we mean to say electricity. Most people are doing this. Most written articles are doing this. Which for Germany, electricity is only 21% of primary energy consumption.
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True, I was talking about electricity not total energy consumed within the country. The topic is electricity. The fact that roughly 1/3 of the energy used in Germany is oil used for transportation is interesting but not on topic.
Also primary energy consumption = energy produced + energy imported - energy exported. Germany is a net exporter of electricity so that skews their primary energy consumption toward fossil fuels.
Also where are you getting that only 21% of their primary energy consumption is electricity?