☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agoTop countries with the most solar power in operation - Global Timeslemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTop countries with the most solar power in operation - Global Timeslemmy.ml☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePennyRoyal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoI reckon we’d be doing even better if it was total renewables, we lean toward wind power more than most, what with being an island and all
minus-squareBlisterexe@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoThat would put you in competition with places like canada, that are 76% renewables though, if you count hydro. For wind alone (according to wikipedia) you do do better, but are still in 6th place.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoYou’d also have to count all the oil and gas that Canada exports to be burned around the world. Whether it’s used domestically or not doesn’t really make a difference.
minus-squareBlisterexe@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agotrue, but then you’d have to do the same with every other country that sells oil, which would skew the numbers a bunch
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoOf course, that’s the only proper way to track this.
I reckon we’d be doing even better if it was total renewables, we lean toward wind power more than most, what with being an island and all
That would put you in competition with places like canada, that are 76% renewables though, if you count hydro.
For wind alone (according to wikipedia) you do do better, but are still in 6th place.
You’d also have to count all the oil and gas that Canada exports to be burned around the world. Whether it’s used domestically or not doesn’t really make a difference.
true, but then you’d have to do the same with every other country that sells oil, which would skew the numbers a bunch
Of course, that’s the only proper way to track this.