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Perhaps this is a very dumb question, but how have people around the world living on smaller islands gotten their electricity in recent decades? Are they connec
by logicalmonster 5y ago
Perhaps this is a very dumb question, but how have people around the world living on smaller islands gotten their electricity in recent decades? Are they connected to the mainland's electrical grid, do they run their central own central power generator, or do individuals just use gas/solar power if they need electricity? I don't know about other nations with many islands, but in Greece's case, there are loads of small islands ranging from just a few people to hundreds to tens of thousands, so it probably makes a centralized infrastructure very hard.
- wildzzz 5y agoPower usually comes from fossil fuels on islands like this. Even a group of islands as large as Hawaii used 73% fossil fuels in 2017. Small, poor islands are going to almost entirely run off of fossil fuels since investment in energy infrastructure is expensive.
- jdrc 5y agoOil. The islands have been early adopters of renewables (they are ideally fit) . Solar water heaters are common since many decades. No gas infrastructure
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