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85% of my energy is renewable and has been in my area since the 60s, there's no nuclear involved at all.
by fleitz 11y ago
85% of my energy is renewable and has been in my area since the 60s, there's no nuclear involved at all.
- wavefunction 11y agoWhat are the renewable sources?
- fleitz 11y agoHydro, mostly dams some run of river
- Forbo 11y agoWhat sources are being used? Hydro? Geothermal? Unfortunately, in my area only about 23%-30% of the power generation is composed of renewable sources, primarily hydro.
- Lazare 11y agoIn my country (New Zealand), the number is around 75%; we're lucky to have some good geothermal sources, plus a lot of good rivers suitable for hydro, all serving a fairly small population. In our nearest neighbour (Australia), with an extremely similar culture and history, it's about 17%; they don't have any good geothermal sites, and few good hydro sites, combined with a significantly larger population. In the rich world, we've basically tapped every major viable hydro source (and learned a lot about the environmental costs of doing so, and sharply revised our definiton of "viable" too). You claim that there's energy tech we're just not using, but hydro is absolutely not an example of that. The difference between your country and Australia is geography, not technology. If your answer to climate change is "let's all be more like Norway", you may need to rethink your understanding of the problem.