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Half of Scotland's Energy Consumption Came From Renewables Last Year (heraldscotland.com)
An anonymous reader quotes an article on Herald Scotland: Scotland has met a key target for renewable energy consumption, according to official figures. Statistics published by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change show 57.7% of Scottish electricity consumption came from renewables in 2015 -- 7.7% ahead of the 50% target. The SNP welcomed the figures and pledged to bring forward plans to go further if re-elected in May. Deputy First Minister and SNP campaign director John Swinney said: "The SNP have long championed green energy and these new figures show the huge progress we have made - but we are determined to go even further.
Which doesn't count because...?
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How is nuclear a renewable? You still needed fissile materials, and those are pulled out of the ground just like fossil fuels.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
Actually, thermodynamics tells that ALL the energy is not renewable... entropy and stuff...
To the contrary. The first law of thermodynamics tells us that all energy is conserved. You don't have to ever worry about energy conservation: the laws of physics guarantee it will happen.
Usable energy... now, that's a different case.
And fossil fuels aren't "old-ass technology"?
Not nearly as environmentally destructive as fossil fuels. Have you have been to coal country? Have you seen what coal mines do to the land?
That's really a stretch. Some places have sunshine. Some have geothermal. Some have wind. Nobody is saying everywhere has to have hydro power, but if you have it, yes, it's a renewable resource and yes, it limits the amount of fossil fuels you have to dig up and burn.
So there's absolutely no reason that hydro energy shouldn't be considered an important part of the basket of renewables.
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There is a peak for every non renewable resource at a certain cost.
Once alternatives are found for that non-renewable resource then demand for it at the higher prices will collapse.
There is plenty of gold available at $10,000 per oz. But we'll probably never mine it.
Alternative energy and electric cars are collapsing the maximum price of oil. There may be lots of oil available at $200 a barrel-- but we may never collect it.
She was like chocolate when she drank... semi-sweet at first and then increasingly bitter.
Not to mention, 4) pumped hydro storage is the perfect complement for all that excess wind power they've got so much of - and they're increasingly taking advantage of that fortuitous combination.
Why would anyone engrave "Elbereth"?