UK Hits Clean Energy Milestone: 50% of Electricity From Low Carbon Sources (theguardian.com)

Half of the UK's electricity came from wind turbines, solar panels, wood burning and nuclear reactors between July and September, in a milestone first. From a report on The Guardian: Official figures published on Thursday show low carbon power, which has been supported by the government to meet climate change targets, accounted for 50% of electricity generation in the UK in the third quarter, up from 45.3% the year before. The rise was largely driven by new windfarms and solar farms being connected to the grid, and several major coal power stations closing.

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Wood burning is not clean

[Anonymous Coward]

Burning wood releases a lot of CO2 and should not be considered clean.

Re:Wood burning is not clean

[GLMDesigns]

Don't forget that CO2 levels 80 million years were not only good news for reptiles they were fine for mammals as well. Protomammals developed 120mya and mammals 80mya.

Cretaceous CO2 levels were just fine for mammalian life. In fact in the Paleogene, 10 mya, after the end of the cretaceous period CO2 levels were even higher.

Moral of the story? High CO2 levels are just fine for life on earth.

Let's focus our efforts on dioxins, PCBs and other toxic bi-products of industrial activities.

Re:Wood burning is not clean

[GLMDesigns]

First of all I didn't adopt it.

Second of all it is relevant because the hysterical chicken littles out there are talking about the survival of our species. Meanwhile these frauds compare the daily rise in temperature over the last 100 years. That's like comparing a stock chart displaying minute by minute price changes with one that displays yearly ticks.

Is human activity causing harm. Of course. But saying that a rise of CO2 levels, even a doubling of CO2 levels will cause an extinction level event. That, my friend, is brainless hysteria.

How do I know - because mammals survived just wonderfully with CO2 levels. Our species will as well, so will other vertebrate and invertebrate life. And, of course, so will plants.

I want solar and wind - not for CO2 levels but for pollution levels.

ugh; solar farms

[WindBourne]

Please, for the love of god, would you ppl QUIT DOING SOLAR FARMS. Building this over land is about as stupid as it gets. Do it over parking lots or roofs. Those sites convert light into heat. Lands convert light into sugars. If you are worried about AGW, then you need to reduce the FUCKING HEAT. If you are not worried about it, then quit subsidizing solar.
Fucking idiots.