The Green Mirage
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Wind is generating a mere 1-2% of UK electricity today, the cause being a high pressure weather system with very low wind speeds, which no amount of subsidy can ever prevent. Discuss.
John Constable writes at Civitas The Green Mirage: Why a Low-Carbon Economy May be Further Off Than We Think. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and images. h/t Real Clear Public Affairs
Findings:
- The prospects for a sustainable, low-carbon economy as the result of current UK national and EU-wide policies are poor.
- Empirical experience in Spain and Germany shows that the costs of supporting renewable energy generation are too high.
- Rising employment in the renewable energy sector compared to the wider UK economy stems from unsustainably high subsidies.
- Renewables are naturally less productive, so as they are relentlessly pursued, a painful rebalancing of the economy will occur, with fewer jobs and less economic growth.
Bottom Line: The current prospects for a sustainable low-carbon economy are poor in both the UK and across the European Union (EU). Germany and Spain have already clearly shown what happens when state coercion forces…
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Source: https://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2021/04/13/the-green-mirage/
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