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It's a sad indictment that it took all this effort, in 2019, to convince a world "leader" that climate change was real.
by abridgett 2y ago
It's a sad indictment that it took all this effort, in 2019, to convince a world "leader" that climate change was real.
- ChocolateGod 2y agoWhat's weird is that people who don't think climate change is real / man made are against off shore wind. Even if it isn't real, off shore wind in the UK is a gold mine.
- natmaka 2y agoIndeed, and it is better at continental scale: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/180592/european-cooperation-could-provide-more-stable/ https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/180592/european-cooperation-... France, albeit enjoying even better offshore wind potential than the UK, is even worse as it only starts to deploy turbine fleets.
- ChocolateGod 2y agoRenewable are boosted by interconnected grids, it's probably always going to be sonny or windy somewhere. But with Brexit, UK has lost out on potentially being a large exporter of power to Europe, the same way the French do with their excess nuclear power.
- natmaka 2y agoNumerous non UE members sell electricity to members (Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Ukraine...), including the United Kingdom.