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He’s also wrong, or at least wrong for anyone considering the question now. The UK is phasing out coal completely in the next few years and aggressively pursui

He’s also wrong, or at least wrong for anyone considering the question now. The UK is phasing out coal completely in the next few years and aggressively pursuing renewables. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_coal-fired_power_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_coal-fired_po...

jonatron 4y ago
Yep, the youtube video at 21:25 contains a screenshot of UK electricity generation mix over a 4 week period in 2020, which was 0.3% coal.
komadori 4y ago
Coincidentally, one of the UK's remaining three coal plants, West Burton A, apparently ceases operation today (31st March 2023). https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-65127874.amp https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-65127874...
- martinpw 4y ago
  And of the last remaining two, one closes this year and one next year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_coal-fired_power_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_coal-fired_powe...
MrFoof 4y ago
So digging in, the issue is I misspoke here, and I may also have not linked to the correct video. It had nothing to do with coal. Instead I believe it was the proportion of CO2 emissions for the area he's in, relative to other parts of England. Harry is in "South East" England, around Oxfordshire, which from what I can find for around that timeframe.(https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/996056/2005-19-local-authority-co2-emissions-statistical-release.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...), is the highest CO2 emissions for any region of England, of around 12%. Continuing to Google, this seems to be fairly consistent in that aside from Scotland, at least around the timeframe of the video (2020-2021), South East England had very high CO2 emissions in general, and I believe the government supplied pamphlet he had in one video also showed how much higher it was relative to the rest of England. It has since fallen substantially, but even though I linked to the wrong source (and can't be damned to go find the video where he does nothing but crunch the numbers), the point was more that at the time he made the consideration, his decision was swayed because at the time the emissions for where he lived was high enough that it swayed his purchasing decision at the moment. The rationale being that the tailpipe emissions when it had to run the ICE was lower enough than the grid source emissions to where it was slightly cleaner. In fact, it was part of a decision quite some time ago (well before 2020, I believe) to install a 15kW wind turbine on his farm to not just save money, but to ensure it was cleaner power than what was being supplied.

jonatron 4y ago

Yep, the youtube video at 21:25 contains a screenshot of UK electricity generation mix over a 4 week period in 2020, which was 0.3% coal.

komadori 4y ago

Coincidentally, one of the UK's remaining three coal plants, West Burton A, apparently ceases operation today (31st March 2023). https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-65127874.amp https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-65127874...

martinpw 4y ago
And of the last remaining two, one closes this year and one next year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_coal-fired_power_stations_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_coal-fired_powe...

MrFoof 4y ago

So digging in, the issue is I misspoke here, and I may also have not linked to the correct video. It had nothing to do with coal. Instead I believe it was the proportion of CO2 emissions for the area he's in, relative to other parts of England. Harry is in "South East" England, around Oxfordshire, which from what I can find for around that timeframe.(https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/996056/2005-19-local-authority-co2-emissions-statistical-release.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...), is the highest CO2 emissions for any region of England, of around 12%. Continuing to Google, this seems to be fairly consistent in that aside from Scotland, at least around the timeframe of the video (2020-2021), South East England had very high CO2 emissions in general, and I believe the government supplied pamphlet he had in one video also showed how much higher it was relative to the rest of England. It has since fallen substantially, but even though I linked to the wrong source (and can't be damned to go find the video where he does nothing but crunch the numbers), the point was more that at the time he made the consideration, his decision was swayed because at the time the emissions for where he lived was high enough that it swayed his purchasing decision at the moment. The rationale being that the tailpipe emissions when it had to run the ICE was lower enough than the grid source emissions to where it was slightly cleaner. In fact, it was part of a decision quite some time ago (well before 2020, I believe) to install a 15kW wind turbine on his farm to not just save money, but to ensure it was cleaner power than what was being supplied.