RE: Do we have an elephant in the room today ?9 Feb 2022 20:25
milnrowmug ,
The larger picture of the 'whole economy ' , not just the power sector looks kinda like this...
Dependance on fossil fuels in the Netherlands is 90 % ... 35 % is Oil of total energy
Japan fossil fuels 88 % ....
USA fossil fuels 81 %
Spain fossil fuels 72 % .... oil is 42 % ...solar is king.
Renewables are a substitute for coke an natural gas.
France fossil fuels is 45 %
Norway fossils fuels 45 %
Russia fossil fuels 90 %
China fossil fuels 87 %
Turkey 83 %
Brazil 54% ...biomass /ethanol
Solar an wind have very little impact on oil use. These countries I have listed are still very dependent on fossil fuels....even with ALL of the money spent so far on green energy.