Bettered by "that awkward moment when you bought an electric car to save the planet, then realized the electricity is still derived from coal & gas". ;)
Statistically unlikely! When the Germans foolishly (stupidly, asininely) shuttered their nuclear program, they were forced to start using more coal because the politically-approved green options don't do base power demands well. Now they're forced to play nice with Tsar Vladimir...
Well, the UK energy production is about 40% renewable (in 2020 I think) so that isn't bad. We are (slowly) weaning our self off coal etc with wind/solar plus a bit of nuclear.
It'll take a while and be more than a little painful but I think longer term the gas/oil from Russia is a dead issue. There's zero way that Europe can deal with someone who'll use energy as blatantly as a weapon as Putin is doing.
Bettered by "that awkward moment when you bought an electric car to save the planet, then realized the electricity is still derived from coal & gas". ;)
ReplyDeleteUnless you get your power from Solar and Wind... [grin]
ReplyDeleteStatistically unlikely! When the Germans foolishly (stupidly, asininely) shuttered their nuclear program, they were forced to start using more coal because the politically-approved green options don't do base power demands well. Now they're forced to play nice with Tsar Vladimir...
ReplyDeleteWell, the UK energy production is about 40% renewable (in 2020 I think) so that isn't bad. We are (slowly) weaning our self off coal etc with wind/solar plus a bit of nuclear.
ReplyDeleteIt'll take a while and be more than a little painful but I think longer term the gas/oil from Russia is a dead issue. There's zero way that Europe can deal with someone who'll use energy as blatantly as a weapon as Putin is doing.
One can hope!
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