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IshKebab 2 days ago

This is just goalpost moving. Only a couple of decades ago we were at a solid 0% everywhere.

bopjesvla 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

> The Netherlands: 86%, dominated by solar & wind

The Netherlands: 50%, of which one third is biomass.

As someone living in the Netherlands, I would love to live in energy utopia, but stats reported by people who can’t read Dutch government reports are usually wrong.

NoLinkToMe 2 days ago | parent [-]

Nah about 5% of electricity is from biomass, not 33%. The 33% figure is regarding gross energy production, not electricity. Otherwise agreed.

0123456789ABCDE a day ago | parent | prev [-]

hydro electric dams and wind turbines exist since, at least, the 1880s. [^1][^2]

and if wasn't for ronald reagan, the united states might have achieved 20% solar power energy production before the year 2000. [^3]

these are not new (two decade) technologies.

[^1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroelectricity#History

[^2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power#History

[^3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power#Development_and_de...