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> Except we have been saying the same thing for 20-30 years We have. Which is why we started building out solar and wind 30 years ago. And now we're at 90% ren
by olddustytrail 4y ago
> Except we have been saying the same thing for 20-30 years
We have. Which is why we started building out solar and wind 30 years ago. And now we're at 90% renewable and haven't used coal for 6 years.
But that's us, not you. How's the nuclear approach going? Built anything yet?
- StillBored 4y agoWho has 90% renewable that isn't majority Hydro?
- antod 4y ago> Who has 90% renewable... I know! I know! Pick me! >...that isn't majority Hydro? oh... never mind
- dane-pgp 4y agoMaybe Scotland? "A total of 97.4% of gross energy consumption came from renewables, a rise of 8% on the year before." "Of the Scottish Government’s renewable electricity target for 2015-2020, onshore wind accounted for 60.3% of the total, offshore wind 10.7%, and renewable hydro 18.1%, with other sources making up 8.3%." https://www.thenational.scot/news/19499830.scotland-top-three-renewable-generators-across-whole-europe/ https://www.thenational.scot/news/19499830.scotland-top-thre...
- StillBored 4y agoGranted two years old, but you might notice they graph the difference between gross consumption and actual consumption. https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/statistics/2018/10/quarterly-energy-statistics-bulletins/documents/energy-statistics-summary-june-2020/energy-statistics-summary-june-2020/govscot%3Adocument/Scotland%2BEnergy%2BStats%2BQ1%2B2020.pdf https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publ... And they have a lot of pumped storage hydro...