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"renewable energy sources accounting for 54% of its energy consumption in 2019. This is higher than the EU average of 18%" "higher": quite an understatement.
by Al-Khwarizmi 3y ago
"renewable energy sources accounting for 54% of its energy consumption in 2019. This is higher than the EU average of 18%"
"higher": quite an understatement.
Go, Portugal!
- meiraleal 3y agoIronically, still very far from Brazil's 84%. Meanwhile the UE thinks it can lecture South America countries about how to preserve nature.
- klysm 3y agoRenewable energy generation and aggressive deforestation and ecological destruction are orthogonal
- meiraleal 3y agoThe fact that we still preserve the biggest rain-forest in the world says that we take care of it much better than any other country in the world did with their natural landscape tho.
- klysm 3y agoIsn’t the point that it is not being preserved?
- meiraleal 3y agoThat is the hypocritical take of the ones that didn't preserve any land, destroyed everything to get industrialized (including looting South America, Africa and Asia) and now discovered that doing so comes with a cost. And they now want other countries to pay their debt, again.
- klysm 3y agoAh so because other countries did it in the past it is therefore just for Brazil to do it?
- letrowekwel 3y agoWow, I had zero idea Brazil is doing so good in that front. I agree with you completely. EU's biggest economy shuts down nuclear plants in favor of coal, I think that tells us all enough about how much those in charge really care about the environment. Votes from irrational, brainwashed German population seems to be more important.
- dieortin 3y agoIf that front is preserving nature, then they’re not doing a very good job, no
- meiraleal 3y agoRefresh my memory, who is doing a better job preserving nature? If the country doing most of global work to preserve rainforest (and paying for it alone) isn't doing a good job, who is doing?
- dieortin 3y agoBrazil is constantly destroying huge swaths of rainforest. Sure, destroying it gets you a lot of money, but NOT destroying it is completely free. If that’s an example to follow, then we’re collectively fucked.
- meiraleal 3y ago> If that’s an example to follow, then we’re collectively fucked. We got collectively fucked when all western countries destroyed their natural landscape to get industrialized. If you expect another country to keep 70% of their land intact to save the world you gotta pay for this. And taking by the importance everybody seems to be giving to it, the price is expensive.
- dieortin 3y agoWestern countries never had the Amazon rainforest. And when they destroyed their forests they didn’t do so knowing they’re vital for the survival of humankind. What you’re saying is literally blackmail. But Brazil is also blackmailing themselves, as they happen to be part of the same world as everyone else. “Pay us or else we burn this building with all of us inside” does not sound like a reasonable position, nor one that should be taken as an example.
- onethought 3y agoI mean having great renewables while clearfelling the rainforest is probably still net negative.
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- ThomPete 3y agoMost of that is Hydro which only is possible some places in the world and only delivers electricity which is only 20% of a countrys energy needs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Brazil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Brazil
- Symbiote 3y agoThe page you link shows 18% of Brazil's energy is from sugar cane (making ethanol, mixed with petrol in cars). This is very high comparex to most of the world.
- ThomPete 3y agoDoesn't change the facts. Saying 54% of electricity is not written to inform but to misinform. Most people don't know it's only around 20% of most countries (and here we are talking modern countries) energy that comes from electricity. The rest is fossil fuel. Globally it's still 76% that comes from fossil fuel and there is no realistic substitute for fossil fuel when it comes to the 4 elements of modern society. Steel Concrete Fertilizer Plastic
- skrause 3y agoRenewable energy is super easy when you’re a hot, sunny country with a lot of water. High energy demand for AC has a big overlap with the time of the day when the sun is shining. It’s the opposite when you’re at a high latitude. Now you need the most energy for heating when there is barely any sun. Add some geography where you can’t use any hydro power and wind is all you have left. This is what a large chunk of Europe has to deal with.
- flamedoge 3y agoThere's always nuclear.
- Symbiote 3y agoThat is 54% of Portugal's electricity and 18% of the EU's energy, from different years. 34% (PT) and 22% (EU) are the total renewable energy figures from 2021. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Renewable_energy_statistics https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...