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Kohlemotoren, Windmotoren und Dieselmotoren: Was zeigt die CO2-Bilanz?

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  • Christoph Buchal
  • Hans-Dieter Karl
  • Hans-Werner Sinn

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Dieser Artikel vergleicht aufgrund offzieller Messdaten zwei Mittelklasseautos, den Mercedes C 220 d und den neuen Tesla Model 3, bezüglich ihres Verbrauchs an Diesel bzw. Strom. Dabei werden alternative marginale Energiequellen für den Strom sowie der tatsächliche Strommix Deutschlands aus dem Jahr 2018 zugrunde gelegt. Ferner wird eine Metastudie für den CO2-Ausstoß bei der Batteriefertigung berücksichtigt. Es zeigt sich, dass der CO2-Ausstoß des Elektromotors im günstigen Fall um etwa ein Zehntel und im ungünstigen Fall um ein gutes Viertel über dem Ausstoß des Dieselmotors liegt. Am günstigsten ist der mit Methan betriebene Verbrennungsmotor, der auch dann, wenn man die erhebliche Vorkettenverschmutzung beim Methan berücksichtigt, um ein knappes Drittel unter dem Dieselmotor liegt. Auf die Wasserstoff-Methan-Technologie zu setzen, hat zwei Vorteile. Zum einen ist sie langfristig der einzig funktionierende Weg zur Speicherung der überschießenden Stromspitzen des Wind- und Sonnenstroms, die erforderlich ist, wenn die Marktanteile dieser Form regenerativen Stroms ausgeweitet werden sollen. Zum anderen bietet sie schon aus dem Stand heraus die Möglichkeit einer erheblichen CO2-Einsparung, selbst wenn dieses Methan aus fossilen Quellen stammt.

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  • Christoph Buchal & Hans-Dieter Karl & Hans-Werner Sinn, 2019. "Kohlemotoren, Windmotoren und Dieselmotoren: Was zeigt die CO2-Bilanz?," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 72(08), pages 40-54, April.
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