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Scottish Government Targets 66% Emissions Cut By 2032 (bbc.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BBC: The Scottish government has outlined a new target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 66% by 2032. Climate Change Secretary Roseanna Cunningham set out the government's draft climate change plan for the next 15 years at Holyrood. She also targeted a fully-decarbonized electricity sector and 80% of domestic heat coming from low-carbon sources. Ministers committed last year to cut harmful CO2 emissions by 80% by 2050, with a new interim target of 50% by 2020. The previous interim target of 42% was met in 2014 -- six years early. However, the independent Committee on Climate Change said the decrease was largely down to a warmer than average winter reducing the demand for heating. Ms Cunningham said the new targets demonstrated "a new level of ambition" to build a low-carbon economy and a healthier Scotland. Goals to be achieved by 2032 include: Cutting greenhouse emissions by 66%; A fully-decarbonized electricity sector; 80% of domestic heat to come from low-carbon heat technologies; Proportion of ultra-low emission new cars and vans registered in Scotland annually to hit 40%; 250,000 hectares of degraded peatlands restored; Annual woodland creation target increased to at least 15,000 hectares per year. The 172-page document sets a road map for decarbonizing Scotland. The aim -- although not new -- is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by two thirds by 2032. Among the policies are making half of Scotland's buses low-carbon, full-decarbonizing the electricity sector and making 80% of homes heated by low-carbon technologies.
Thanks for our daily dose of global warming propaganda! I thought this site was about technology..
Meanwhile the Govt is in serious debt, the Education system is failing, North Sea Oil is on it's arse and the First Minister is blindly hanging to the concept of Independence #2 [whilst being tied to the EU] despite the EU saying "Non", the UK Government telling them there is snowball-in-hells chance of a 2nd Referendum and Brexit hammering in the final nails.
Never mind all that - Climate Change Virtue signalling is what we need ! Is BeauHD a shrill for the SNP ?
How is the 80% of domestic heat from "low carbon heat technologies ?" Most people I know have Gas Central heating not electric. If it's not that is fuel oil. Since when was North Sea Gas low carbon? Or are the Government going to pay to rip out all the Gas Boilers ? [British Gas might have an issue with that].
As for a "healthier Scotland" - Add a tax of 1000% to Buckfast, Greggs Pie's, Chicken Nuggets and Lamber and Butler fags and you might have a fighting chance at it.