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Post by adrianc on Apr 1, 2024 12:29:01 GMT
Don't like the message, so whinge about the messenger? I took michaelc 's post to be funny, whether intended or not. Oh, absolutely - I had a good chuckle at it, too...
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keitha
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Post by keitha on Apr 1, 2024 14:36:03 GMT
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Post by adrianc on Apr 2, 2024 6:57:25 GMT
"per capita"And, yes, the UK does OK on that - could try harder, Sweden's a quarter lower. But, yes, China should be doing better. So should we. So should the US. So should *everybody*. Part of the problem is that we've outsourced all our manufacturing emissions to China. Look at Australia if you want a real villain there... That's what protecting a domestic coal industry does for you. Three times the CO2 emissions of the UK. 47% coal electricity generation, vs the UK's 1%.
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michaelc
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Post by michaelc on Apr 2, 2024 20:26:37 GMT
That super long graphic starts around 22,000 years ago. Another estimate by the world's scientists is that five major ice ages have taken place on earth with the first around a couple of billion years ago. So that graphic should be 90,000 times longer (assuming that wouldn't break any spam rules).
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Post by bracknellboy on Apr 2, 2024 21:40:09 GMT
though surely the main point is to illustrate a) the very rapid change that is happening and b) its coincidence with human FF activity.
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Post by captainconfident on Apr 6, 2024 12:02:15 GMT
Britain has used very little fossil for electricity generation this week. gridwatch.co.uk/ |
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Post by bracknellboy on Apr 6, 2024 12:46:55 GMT
Britain has used very little fossil for electricity generation this week. gridwatch.co.uk/but plenty of tiles have been lost in the wind
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ilmoro
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Post by ilmoro on Apr 6, 2024 13:16:50 GMT
Britain has used very little fossil for electricity generation this week. gridwatch.co.uk/30% isnt little. And the issue isn't when the wind is blowing/sun shining ... base load, inertia, grid balancing ... the technical bit that makes it expensive
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Post by adrianc on Apr 6, 2024 15:11:17 GMT
Britain has used very little fossil for electricity generation this week. gridwatch.co.uk/30% isnt little. And the issue isn't when the wind is blowing/sun shining ... base load, inertia, grid balancing ... the technical bit that makes it expensive Just 7% fossil (CCGT) right now. Remember, 69% renewable doesn't mean 31% fossil... Nuclear is not renewable. Likewise, biomass is not carbon neutral.
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ilmoro
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Post by ilmoro on Apr 6, 2024 15:50:13 GMT
30% isnt little. And the issue isn't when the wind is blowing/sun shining ... base load, inertia, grid balancing ... the technical bit that makes it expensive Just 7% fossil (CCGT) right now. Remember, 69% renewable doesn't mean 31% fossil... Nuclear is not renewable. Likewise, biomass is not carbon neutral. This week ... 20, 40, 20, rest imported, so it's 25% of UK generation, so yeah slight misreading ... but point remains ... renewable doesn't address it or isn't the solution currently or in the near future
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Post by martin44 on Apr 8, 2024 19:00:00 GMT
Please start the fracking, its going to happen.. so lets just get on with it.
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keitha
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Post by keitha on Apr 8, 2024 21:23:25 GMT
Hopefully it will never happen, I for one hope it is left underground.
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Post by captainconfident on Apr 8, 2024 23:41:19 GMT
Just 7% fossil (CCGT) right now. Remember, 69% renewable doesn't mean 31% fossil... Nuclear is not renewable. Likewise, biomass is not carbon neutral. This week ... 20, 40, 20, rest imported, so it's 25% of UK generation, so yeah slight misreading ... but point remains ... renewable doesn't address it or isn't the solution currently or in the near future I’m a glass 3/4 full type of guy.
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Post by michaelc on Jul 20, 2024 21:22:02 GMT
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Post by bracknellboy on Jul 21, 2024 5:44:58 GMT
the following comes to mind:  or this: 
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