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> driven by lobbying, not sound economic/environmental policy So just like the rest of the energy market? Britain is importing wood pellets from trees chopped
by ClumsyPilot 3y ago
> driven by lobbying, not sound economic/environmental policy
So just like the rest of the energy market?
Britain is importing wood pellets from trees chopped down in the Amazon and burning them in Drax powerplant as 'Sustainable low-carbon energy'
We import oil from India which originally came from Russia.
We import natural gas from America which has higher CO2 emissions and cost than Coal, while we sit on deposits of Coal.
Its illegal to build a win turbine on land because they ruin the view. Solar farms are illegal on any land that could potebtially be farmed, which is like 80% of all land.
The other day solar farm has been rejected planning permission because there were hundreds of objections, especially noise complaints.
The idea that energy market is a free market is a total face
- Turing_Machine 3y ago> We import natural gas from America which has higher CO2 emissions and cost than Coal, Not true. Virtually all of the energy from coal comes from burning carbon, while a significant amount of the energy in natural gas results from burning hydrogen. In fact, burning natural gas emits only about half the carbon for a given amount of energy output.
- AnthonyMouse 3y agoIt could go the other way if the coal is domestic and the natural gas has to be shipped across world on a sludge-burning oil tanker. But why burn either of them?