Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumption was from renewables
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#2How much do they pay? I've heard electricity is quite expensive in the UK so surviving a winter can be hard.
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Re: Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumption was from renewables
#4How much do they pay? I've heard electricity is quite expensive in the UK so surviving a winter can be hard.
Here is a comparison for European countries: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...
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#5"Not only do renewables reduce the impact of our electricity use on the climate, they are also generating jobs and income for communities around the country."
I wish everyone thought that way, all I hear in Canada is "oh the jobs, oh the jobs, what will happen to the jobs...???"
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#6Unlike most places in the world, Scotland is sparsely populated (5M) and mountainous, so they have an option of using hydro. Good for them, but let’s not jump to conclusion that their approach is for everyone.
And yes, the article is only about electricity, not heating.
Re: Equivalent of 97% of Scotland’s 2020 electricity consumption was from renewables
#7How much do they pay? I've heard electricity is quite expensive in the UK so surviving a winter can be hard.
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#8How much do they pay? I've heard electricity is quite expensive in the UK so surviving a winter can be hard.
For the most part electricity isn't used for heating in the UK, generally gas central heating is preferred. There are obviously some exceptions, houses built in the 70s with electric ceiling heating (this is as bad is it sounds) or electric storage heaters.
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#9Not to belittle this achievement, but as one can note in the article itself this is the _electricity_ demand, not overall _energy_ demand. Electricity is under 25% of Scotland's energy demand (75% is just non-electric heating + transportation).
Also, I think Scotland has it easier than other places due to the low(ish) population density, which makes wind-farming less problematic. And being on an island in windy seas.
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#10"Not only do renewables reduce the impact of our electricity use on the climate, they are also generating jobs and income for communities around the country." I wish everyone thought that way, all I hear in Canada is "oh the jobs, oh the jobs, what will happen to the jobs...???"
> all I hear in Canada is "oh the job, oh the job, what will happen to the jobs...???"
That's your corporate control of mainstream media, I would think.
And not only is there lots of work in renewable energy, but we've just gone through a year in which many large economies simply "bankrolled" a large unemployed fraction of the population, and the sky didn't fall: Prices didn't shoot up, no runs on banks, nothing like that. So the Canadian state, had it so wished, could back the transition with some money-printing if push came to shove. ... if it were so inclined.