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Conveniently forgets to mention that the top % renewable countries all get the majority from hydro. Turns out you can't do hydro everywhere. https://en.wikiped
by amalgamated_inc 4y ago
Conveniently forgets to mention that the top % renewable countries all get the majority from hydro. Turns out you can't do hydro everywhere.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_renewable_electricity_production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_renewable...
The highest % for wind is Denmark with 41% and then Lithuania with 26%. Solar only has 4 countries above 10% of total energy generated. And from what I can tell this is from energy _generated_, not used. So the actual percentage is likely lower in many cases as these countries import base load from fossil fuels generated in other countries.
Mixing up hydro w/ solar and wind is basically manipulation.
- tuatoru 4y agoThe text under the first chart says "Note: Renewables include all sources of wind and solar and excludes other forms of zero-emissions generation."
- amalgamated_inc 4y agoWhoops, you're right. Then I'd like to see the individual countries. None on the above Wikipedia page reach the numbers without massive hydro, but the numbers aren't all recent.