- Re: No surprises: Monbiot didn't like Michael Moore's latest Archived Message
Posted by Ian M
on May 10, 2020, 1:47 pm, in reply to "Re: No surprises: Monbiot didn't like Michael Moore's latest"
Another point I forgot to mention: we're just talking about electricity use here, but that's just one part of total energy usage and associated GHG emissions in the UK. Here are the government's graphs of historic changes showing where electricity use lies in the mix:  from the opening page of this 2019 report: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/820843/Energy_Consumption_in_the_UK__ECUK__MASTER_COPY.pdf (mtoe stands for million tonnes of oil equivalent) As CB note: 'the UK is unlikely to meet its legally binding goal of cutting overall emissions to net-zero by 2050, unless progress in the electricity sector is matched by reductions in other parts of the UK economy, such as heating and transport.' - https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-renewables-generate-more-electricity-than-fossil-fuels-for-first-time |