Shouldn't it be the other way around, particularly for solar? Easy to set up, cheaper, flexible to scale, and the more decentralized setup might even help with poor electricity grid, since you can just set them up whereever needed and even have them work insular without connection the the network.
Yeah, I would've thought that to, but according to the following report apparently not: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/07/renewables-are-the-key-to-green-secure-affordable-energy/
But in developing countries, lack of access to finance under reasonable terms makes the costly upfront investments in renewable energy unaffordable. In addition, macroeconomic and political uncertainties discourage private sector investors from supporting renewable energy.
It's interesting. If you look at the IEA report here: https://origin.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2023/executive-summary
Gas, oil and coal demand is reducing globally; however global investment in fossil fuels is increasing, albeit at a far lower rate than renewables. I suspect this is driven by third world countries, where the initial cost can put off investment in renewable infrastructure; however this is also something that is being looked at: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/iea-working-cut-renewable-energy-costs-developing-world-2023-12-22/
Also this report suggests that energy production from coal, gas, oil, hydro and nuclear have starting to plateau from 2021, with solar still showing an marginal increase alongside wind, bio energy and 'other': https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electricity-prod-source-stacked
Looks a bit like a Turner painting. I like it!
Oh hell yeah...
Unbelievable. I'm with these idiots. I look forward to having my bills go up to help 're pay' for all this work.
What type of respirator do you need to wear to protect against that, out of interest?
My thoughts as well, although it's the only one that's a model, not a photo, so who knows if it actually existed?
Whilst any investment in green energy is to be applauded, I'm not sure why the government feels it necessary to go cap-in-hand to private business via what feels like PFI 2.0 to raise money. We're one of the wealthiest countries in the world, the issue isn't lack of funds it's where those funds are accumulated. Tax the rich appropriately and we wouldn't need to be reliant on dangling the carrot of profit in front of businesses just to help pay for our countries future.
Pineapple and ham on pizza is fucking great, and I'll die on that hill.
You're bang on. Bad news is addictive and people on Lemmy etc are hooked: https://www.ramsaymentalhealth.com.au/en/resources-support/addicted-to-bad-news/
You only have to look at how people dog pile any positive news as being 'out of touch' or 'ignorant' to see how bad things have got. Hardly surprising, if all you're seeing online is bad news that's all you can imagine happening. Issue is 'news' sites prioritise bad news because it generates more engagement and so the cycle continues: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01538-4
That's why it's more important than ever to highlight the good news: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/
Well, that's a sobering read.
A bumble bee checks out a Cornflower in my garden.
Some additional Bumble backsides for you:
Once again, the BBC failing to do the one job it had. Here's the donation page: https://www.nottinghamshirewildlife.org/Meadows-appeal it's at £915/£10,000 at time of writing.