Sarlou@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months agoMillions in Great Britain could face emergency power cuts at short noticewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down10
arrow-up135arrow-down1external-linkMillions in Great Britain could face emergency power cuts at short noticewww.theguardian.comSarlou@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squareyuumei@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 months agoThat’s primary energy consumption, you want to look at electricity generation:
minus-squareyuumei@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·2 months agoPrimary energy includes everything: oil used for cars, coal used for steel production. The article is only about electricity and the comment was about wind power making up the majority, which it is very close to doing.
minus-squareHerbGrower@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoBoth are important to shift over to more renewables though.
That’s primary energy consumption, you want to look at electricity generation:
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What’s the difference?
Primary energy includes everything: oil used for cars, coal used for steel production. The article is only about electricity and the comment was about wind power making up the majority, which it is very close to doing.
Both are important to shift over to more renewables though.