German greenhouse gas emissions off 2.1 pct in 2011

[Yo_Mama]

4. Under the circs, that's a major fail

Because total German energy consumption was down 4.8%.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2011/12/20/393545/german-energy-consumption-drops-in-2011-renewables-energy/?mobile=nc

So the GHG-emitting portions of energy generation gained total share of energy, which is a surprise given that renewables also rose. I guess the difference is the closed nuclear plants?

Anyway, you have to give it another year to see if they can get some of their infrastructure problems solved. Right now this is not a success story, but they have been scrambling to deal with the change in plans.

Edited to add graph:


Coal usage rose and natural gas usage dropped, which explains some of it.