Clean energy.

[Tashyboy]

Had a message pop up on me Facebook saying yesterdays electric generation. 60% was through fossil fuels. I thought that’s rubbish fake news. Ave just had a look and as I speak 57% of the countrys electrical supply is fossil. What also surprised me was that Biomass energy ( trees etc ) is not classed as fossil fuel, which is another 6%, So summat we burn is ok? Furthermore Nuclear energy is another 14% how’s that clean. By my reckoning that’s nigh on 77% which is dirty energy.
So my question is are we actually capable of providing clean energy 365 days a year.

 

[Rooter]

Had a message pop up on me Facebook saying yesterdays electric generation. 60% was through fossil fuels. I thought that’s rubbish fake news. Ave just had a look and as I speak 57% of the countrys electrical supply is fossil. What also surprised me was that Biomass energy ( trees etc ) is not classed as fossil fuel, which is another 6%, So summat we burn is ok? Furthermore Nuclear energy is another 14% how’s that clean. By my reckoning that’s nigh on 77% which is dirty energy.
So my question is are we actually capable of providing clean energy 365 days a year.

No we are not. and I laugh at the people who pay for what they think is 'green' electric to their home, thinking somehow their supplier sends the green electric down a different cable!

 

[Deleted member 29109]

What do you define as clean?

All energy production has an impact in some way, and we should start to look at these things in terms of their impact and cost/benifit from cradle to grave.

Wind and solar are great when conditions are in the right zone, but we couldn't rely on them for all of our energy in the UK.

New Nuclear is relatively clean compared to older reactors. But is obviously expensive, and we should have started building new stations years ago. Decommissioning is the main issue.

A big part of the solution should be reducing our energy consumption along with encouraging local production and storage. I'd like to see more from the government to drive this. It would also drive new jobs and economic growth at a time when we really need it.

 

[drdel]

Energy conversion will never be efficient. Its about renewable sources and efficiency. 'Çlean' is just about minimising the nasties released đuring conversion.

We'll leave nuclear for another day...

 

[Tashyboy]

What do you define as clean?

All energy production has an impact in some way, and we should start to look at these things in terms of their impact and cost/benifit from cradle to grave.

Wind and solar are great when conditions are in the right zone, but we couldn't rely on them for all of our energy in the UK.

New Nuclear is relatively clean compared to older reactors. But is obviously expensive, and we should have started building new stations years ago. Decommissioning is the main issue.

A big part of the solution should be reducing our energy consumption along with encouraging local production and storage. I'd like to see more from the government to drive this. It would also drive new jobs and economic growth at a time when we really need it.

I have solar Panels on my roof. A few years ago I enquired into having battery storage, the cost was enormous so that got kicked in the head. But again how many houses can A, afford that and B, is there enough natural resources to make storage battery’.

 

[jim8flog]

Had a message pop up on me Facebook saying yesterdays electric generation. 60% was through fossil fuels. I thought that’s rubbish fake news. Ave just had a look and as I speak 57% of the countrys electrical supply is fossil. What also surprised me was that Biomass energy ( trees etc ) is not classed as fossil fuel, which is another 6%, So summat we burn is ok? Furthermore Nuclear energy is another 14% how’s that clean. By my reckoning that’s nigh on 77% which is dirty energy.
So my question is are we actually capable of providing clean energy 365 days a year.

I have to let my hamster have a rest at sometime.