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| Portugal runs for four days straight on renewable energy alone | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 18 2016, 12:42 PM (454 Views) | |
| Stef | May 18 2016, 12:42 PM Post #1 |
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Zero emission milestone reached as Iberian country is powered by just wind, solar and hydro-generated electricity for 107 hours
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| Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. – Aesop | |
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| Stef | May 18 2016, 12:45 PM Post #2 |
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Slowly but surely ..... :-)
Stef Edited by Stef, May 18 2016, 12:46 PM.
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| Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. – Aesop | |
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| mysysail | May 18 2016, 12:49 PM Post #3 |
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Global_Hick
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me_reckons that ya still need considerable investment in infrastructure to get all this set up. |
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| edro14 | May 18 2016, 12:54 PM Post #4 |
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Unfortunately in the USA most Congressmen own stock in the fossil fuel energy fields. |
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| coverpoint | May 18 2016, 02:16 PM Post #5 |
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This is a direct result of the European Union carbon tax system. The US could do the same. The only thing preventing it is Republican members of Congress. |
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| mysysail | May 18 2016, 02:44 PM Post #6 |
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Global_Hick
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https://www.uow.edu.au/~sharonb/liability.html Makes for interesting reading ... |
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| Stef | May 18 2016, 06:29 PM Post #7 |
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It was an interesting read. I would argue though that growing usage of renewable energy sources and trading pollution rights are two quite different drives. An excerpt from the conclusion in the article you refer to caught my attention.
Stef |
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