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OT Wind Turbines
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Were you never taught to read?
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Except when the wind doesn't blow.
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does that mean they only have energy for 50% time?
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You've got that wrong Harry. It's better than you said. It says 'The Scottish Government has set a National Indicator for the amount of electricity generated annually through renewable sources as a percentage of gross annual consumption to increase to 100% by 2020. The interim target of 31% by 2011 has now been met and a new interim target of 50% by 2015 has been set'.
So 100% by 2020, not 50%. Judging by the graph, I wouldn't be surprised to see it already having reached 50% by the end of last year. But before you wet yourself with delight, these are only statistics, and I would remind you of your opinion that all statistics are 'bollix'. Only the ones you don't like, apparently.
Incidentally, total electricity generated in Scotland in 2013 ran at about 53,000 GWh in 2013, of which 35% was nuclear and 32% renewables.
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The Duke of Edinburgh was noted as saying " There are only 3 ststistics that matter. They're vital."
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But what if there is no wind? I don't believe it, personally. Sounds like more hype to me. Brian
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They're not saying that Scotland isn't going to have any other form of electricity generation, only that they aim to produce as much electricity from wind as the region uses. Any surplus, from for example nuclear or coal, would be exported, presumably to the rest of the UK. When the wind doesn't blow in Scotland, they will presumably fall back on their other generators and import any shortfall. That assumes there's spare electricity available to be imported, and we haven't all gone down the same short-sighted green path to hell and there's no surplus electricity available. At that point, the green nirvana is exposed for the fraud that it is.
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All that would be exposed is that privatised industry can't plan ahead and that would give people like dave ammunition to renationalise the network and put it back into the hands of those responsible for the cockup. It will take a few blackouts and the consequential deaths before people like harry realise how stupid they are.