Nick Hedley @nickhedley.bsky.social

The EU got more than 50% of its electricity from renewables in first half of 2024

theprogressplaybook.com/2024/07/03/t...

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The Queerest Plantgirl ΘΔ 🏳️‍🌈 (she/it) @faeriesheep.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 11:29 UTC

It's a win on paper, except a huge chunk of those renewables aren't environment friendly either. Solar panels are the closest to being that. Wind turbines are hell for anyone living anywhere close to them and water power plants need to be limited in number to avoid destroying the eco system

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Sustainable Us @havant-enviro.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 16:28 UTC

Just heating, transport, industry etc to go. Typically electricity is around 25% or less of total energy consumption. So renewable's will be about 12%. There is a hell of a long way to go.

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Patrick Maroney @patrickmaroney.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 11:46 UTC

50% ? Wow!!! Thank you for sharing.

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Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 10:23 UTC

Ireland is apparently at about 36%. It really needs to be closer to 80%.

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Schrödinger the ᓚᘏᗢ @iamschrodinger.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 10:57 UTC

It's a good thing "AI" is swooping in to wipe out those gains or we might make some progress against climate change.

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@moscowdocument.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 11:08 UTC

Not too long ago there were a lot of people saying this was impossible

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