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The article didn't say what the source of the energy powering those charging stations will be in 2032. Presumably much of it will still be carbon-based.
by jkingsbery 9y ago
The article didn't say what the source of the energy powering those charging stations will be in 2032. Presumably much of it will still be carbon-based.
- fish_fan 9y agoMuch of is a nice hedge word here; it could be anything from supplying power off wind peak to providing the majority of power on average.
- mikeyouse 9y agoNah, less than 30% of their electricity is carbon based today. They won't have any problem decarbonizing entirely over the next 15 years. They actually just shuttered their last coal plant in 2016, so I'm curious what last year's generation numbers looked like. http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Business/TrendElectricity http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Business/TrendE... https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/24/longannet-power-station-closes-coal-power-scotland https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/environment...
- jkingsbery 9y agoCool, I didn't realize. Learned something new today.
- pjc50 9y agoScotland is something of a leader in renewable technologies. Mostly wind, although there have been various attempts to extract power from the tides and waves that have not yet been competitive.
- sparkzilla 9y agoYes, it's great how our world-leading scenery has been enhanced by massive wind farms. I look forward seeing them on every hilltop. Save the planet!
- pjc50 9y agoQuite a bit of the scenery is itself an artificial environment of grouse moors. Or previous bits of energy generation like the "byngs" (mining spoil heaps) or the now-demolished Cockenzie power station that was visible from basically anywhere on the firth of Forth. And let's not forget the world-leading aesthetic beauty of Torness' modernist coastal cube.
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