Facebook Follies of Friends and Families

[Admiral Yi]

Not, if hydro or nuclear powered, as in electric métros or trams. .

What country has 100% hydro and nuclear electricity generation?

[The Minsky Moment]

Iceland is at 85% renewable.

[Valmy]

Texas is at 30%.

Not, if hydro or nuclear powered, as in electric métros or trams. .

What country has 100% hydro and nuclear electricity generation?

France is 62% Nukes, 20% Hydro, and 10% wind and solar. Iowa is over 40% wind and nukes by the way. Not too shabby.

[Barrister]

Not, if hydro or nuclear powered, as in electric métros or trams. .

What country has 100% hydro and nuclear electricity generation?

Manitoba is 97% hydro, 2% wind, with everything else being under 1%.   

[Valmy]

I mean I do have friends who just went off the grid to live like our ancestors of yore and decided not to have kids so they could live guilt free and morally pure. But what good does that hairshirt shit actually do? Nothing. Because this is not a system of religious moral values we are trying to spread that requires people to live in a pure way. We are talking about an actual problem, a real threat to us and our way of life, and ways we can respond to that threat.

So this "practice what you preach" stuff as if we are preaching no meat on fridays is stupid. Unless the regular way people live their lives changes it will not actually impact anyway.

And really the way we live our lives doesn't actually have to change that much. Produce electricity without emissions. Boom that is most of the problem right there. And it can practically be done.

[Admiral Yi]

Right, I'm not saying in order for a global warming activist to have moral standing they have to be at zero emissions personally, I was just answering Beeb's question about public transpo.  There's also the consideration that public transpo doesn't run 100% on electricity.

[viper37]

Not, if hydro or nuclear powered, as in electric métros or trams. .

What country has 100% hydro and nuclear electricity generation?

While not a country, Quebec is close to 100% renewable energy.  And we have surplus.

[The Brain]

Not, if hydro or nuclear powered, as in electric métros or trams. .

What country has 100% hydro and nuclear electricity generation?

The smart ones.

[crazy canuck]

Not, if hydro or nuclear powered, as in electric métros or trams. .

What country has 100% hydro and nuclear electricity generation?

BC is 100% Hydro.

edit, we also have private solar and wind feeding into the grid.  We were going to supply Alberta with our new hydro project, but with the the new government there, not sure that will happen.  Quebec can also supply those on the East coast.

[The Brain]

Swedish electricity generation is completely dominated by nuclear and hydro + wind.

[PRC]

Not, if hydro or nuclear powered, as in electric métros or trams. .

What country has 100% hydro and nuclear electricity generation?

BC is 100% Hydro.

edit, we also have private solar and wind feeding into the grid.  We were going to supply Alberta with our new hydro project, but with the the new government there, not sure that will happen.  Quebec can also supply those on the East coast.

BC is also the largest coal exporter in North America, mainly to Asian countries.  BC likes to wag their finger at Alberta but they have their own skeletons in the closet on this subject.

[crazy canuck]

Not, if hydro or nuclear powered, as in electric métros or trams. .

What country has 100% hydro and nuclear electricity generation?

BC is 100% Hydro.

edit, we also have private solar and wind feeding into the grid.  We were going to supply Alberta with our new hydro project, but with the the new government there, not sure that will happen.  Quebec can also supply those on the East coast.

BC is also the largest coal exporter in North America, mainly to Asian countries.  BC likes to wag their finger at Alberta but they have their own skeletons in the closet on this subject.

Yep, a lot of those mines that were approved in the past continue to have mine life - hard to get a new mine approved these days though.

[Zanza]

Here is an overview of energy generation in Europe:

[Syt]

[Liep]