http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistic.../TrenRenEnergy
Scotland to achieve 50% of it's electricity from renewable sources by 2020.

On 22/02/2015 14:50, harryagain wrote:
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistic.../TrenRenEnergy
Scotland to achieve 50% of it's electricity from renewable sources by 2020.


Except when the wind doesn't blow.

harryagain wrote

http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistic.../TrenRenEnergy
Scotland to achieve 50% of it's electricity from renewable sources by
2020.

Bet it doesn’t, even in the best times.

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harryagain wrote:
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistic.../TrenRenEnergy
Scotland to achieve 50% of it's electricity from renewable sources by 2020.


does that mean they only have energy for 50% time?

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harryagain wrote:
http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistic.../TrenRenEnergy
Scotland to achieve 50% of it's electricity from renewable sources by
2020.


does that mean they only have energy for 50% time?

Were you never taught to read?

But what if there is no wind?
I don't believe it, personally. Sounds like more hype to me.
Brian

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http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistic.../TrenRenEnergy
Scotland to achieve 50% of it's electricity from renewable sources by
2020.

On 23/02/2015 08:16, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 07:49:27 -0000, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

But what if there is no wind?
I don't believe it, personally. Sounds like more hype to me.
Brian

They're not saying that Scotland isn't going to have any other form of
electricity generation, only that they aim to produce as much
electricity from wind as the region uses. Any surplus, from for
example nuclear or coal, would be exported, presumably to the rest of
the UK. When the wind doesn't blow in Scotland, they will presumably
fall back on their other generators and import any shortfall. That
assumes there's spare electricity available to be imported, and we
haven't all gone down the same short-sighted green path to hell and
there's no surplus electricity available. At that point, the green
nirvana is exposed for the fraud that it is.


All that would be exposed is that privatised industry can't plan ahead
and that would give people like dave ammunition to renationalise the
network and put it back into the hands of those responsible for the cockup.
It will take a few blackouts and the consequential deaths before people
like harry realise how stupid they are.

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On 23/02/2015 08:16, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 07:49:27 -0000, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

But what if there is no wind?
I don't believe it, personally. Sounds like more hype to me.
Brian

They're not saying that Scotland isn't going to have any other form of
electricity generation, only that they aim to produce as much
electricity from wind as the region uses. Any surplus, from for
example nuclear or coal, would be exported, presumably to the rest of
the UK. When the wind doesn't blow in Scotland, they will presumably
fall back on their other generators and import any shortfall. That
assumes there's spare electricity available to be imported, and we
haven't all gone down the same short-sighted green path to hell and
there's no surplus electricity available. At that point, the green
nirvana is exposed for the fraud that it is.


All that would be exposed is that privatised industry can't plan ahead and
that would give people like dave ammunition to renationalise the network
and put it back into the hands of those responsible for the cockup.

It will take a few blackouts and the consequential deaths before people
like harry realise how stupid they are.

Harry wouldn’t work that out even if half the
population of that soggy little island got killed by it.

On 23/02/2015 09:07, Rod Speed wrote:


Harry wouldn’t work that out even if half the
population of that soggy little island got killed by it.

But don't we all agree that population reduction is the safest way to
achieve CO2 reduction.

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Nick wrote:
On 23/02/2015 09:07, Rod Speed wrote:


Harry wouldn’t work that out even if half the
population of that soggy little island got killed by it.

But don't we all agree that population reduction is the safest way to
achieve CO2 reduction.

That seems to be the Greens policy since they apparently want to stop the
import of food.

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Nick wrote
Rod Speed wrote

Harry wouldn’t work that out even if half the
population of that soggy little island got killed by it.

But don't we all agree that population reduction is the safest way to
achieve CO2 reduction.

Nope, the safest way to do that is using candu reactors.

Or thorium reactors if you want to eliminate any risk
of the owners ever being able to make nuclear weapons.

On 23/02/2015 14:28, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Mon, 23 Feb 2015 10:17:32 +0000, Nick wrote:

On 23/02/2015 09:07, Rod Speed wrote:


Harry wouldnt work that out even if half the population of that soggy
little island got killed by it.

But don't we all agree that population reduction is the safest way to
achieve CO2 reduction.

And also anathema to capitalists, who need "expansion" to carry on making
money.

Notice when the UK population started naturally declining, how quickly
the bosses shipped in more workers to ensure wages stayed low.


Its more a case of there are some jobs that have to be done and there
isn't anyone that wants to do them. Which would you do.. live on
benefits + foreigners or go to work in a dirty job for minimum wage?

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Chris Hogg wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2015 14:50:41 -0000, "harryagain"
wrote:

http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistic.../TrenRenEnergy
Scotland to achieve 50% of it's electricity from renewable sources by
2020.

You've got that wrong Harry. It's better than you said. It says 'The
Scottish Government has set a National Indicator for the amount of
electricity generated annually through renewable sources as a
percentage of gross annual consumption to increase to 100% by 2020.
The interim target of 31% by 2011 has now been met and a new interim
target of 50% by 2015 has been set'.

So 100% by 2020, not 50%. Judging by the graph, I wouldn't be
surprised to see it already having reached 50% by the end of last
year. But before you wet yourself with delight, these are only
statistics, and I would remind you of your opinion that all statistics
are 'bollix'. Only the ones you don't like, apparently.

The Duke of Edinburgh was noted as saying " There are only 3 ststistics
that matter. They're vital."

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