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serious question: Why focus on conservation if you're generating more than can be consumed, and it being relatively unharmful to the environment?
by halviti 11y ago
serious question: Why focus on conservation if you're generating more than can be consumed, and it being relatively unharmful to the environment?
- melling 11y agoJust a guess but I'm going to go with a common sense answer. Because usage can quickly outstrip supply. Look at how Saudi domestic oil consumption has greatly increased, for example. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/18/business/energy-environment/18iht-ren-saudi18.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/18/business/energy-environmen... Update Let me add another common sense answer. Because any excess electricity can be sold to other countries for a profit.
- BaryonBundle 11y agoAs with most renewables (e.g., wind, solar, wave), I would imagine that just because production of energy outpaced its consumption on a given day, the same may not be true on any other given day.
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- taf2 11y agoIt was not clear if energy capacity has recently increased but the article did state that last year on average it produced 39% from wind. That being the case, focusing on conservation seems like a good idea still...