What that chart shows is probably delivered power. I wonder if it deals with the fuel required for hot standby. I read a study (posted on my blog PaC) that the alternative energy schemes may deliver 15% or so of the energy used in the grid but only cut CO2 emissions by 2 to 3%.D Tibbets wrote:Actually, acording to this site, the amounts are:IntLibber wrote:Here in New England, the democratic candidate for Vermont governor was on tv insisting that Germany got 15% of its power from solar power, and a similar portion from wind power (truth: they get less than 1% total from all renewables).
This is the problem with ideologues: they see what they believe, they don't believe what they see. You can't confuse these people with the facts, their minds are made up.
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Dan Tibbets
A couple posts on wind energy
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