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mashton

In that diagram, solar + wind + biomass > 50.

R4 must have fucked it.

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hamrack in reply to @mashton

That's what I assumed they meant too, but I would question whether biomass really counts as renewable in quite the same way as solar/hydro/wind. It's a pretty broad category that can hide a lot of sins.

http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/18/is-biomass-really-renewable/

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h2o in reply to @hamrack

Most of the biomass burnt in the UK is from managed forests in the US. It's renewable in that you can grow more trees, but I agree, it's not necessarily carbon neutral or environmentally neutral. That said, neither is anything else - it's all a question of degree.

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