Thread: Green or green washing?

How embarrassing for Denmark (and Germany) Wind, solar and green is a part of their Power and they are burning millions of tonnes of "Biomass" for power.

The Kyoto protocol accounts for the C02 from the source of the Biomass not were it is "BURNT'

Almost all of the wood burnt for electricity in the EU comes from out side the EU. Lots from North Americas. South America, Africa and Asia! (and Baltic countries)


Denmark's power is claimed to be green and mostly from wind - Biomass, Coal and.... Claims "In 2022, around 15 percent of Denmark's electricity production was derived from fossil fuel" It does not include the 23% BIOMASS burning

That mean EU burns masses of BIOMASS yet doesn't count the Emissions! ( Example below is Denmark)

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"Green Energy Act, 2009, that led to the disastrous feed-in-tariff program and skyrocketing electricity rates for Ontario families."


The few cents I get for the Feed in Tarrifs here is fine with me. Except I cannot buy my own power at another place only a few km away for the same price yet!!!!!


Germany has gone down the same rabbit hole. Ontario wiped the slate clean and is "Plans to expand existing plant and add three small modular reactors to a site where another already being built"

Oddly I see that is very Green myself.

"(Reuters) - Government targets to increase wind power installations would see annual capacity additions reach 80 gigawatts (GW) per year by 2030, requiring $100 billion in secured investment in the supply chain by 2026, Wood Mackenzie said in a report.The research and consultancy firm forecast annual capacity is more likely to increase by 30 gigawatts (GW) a year by 2030, which would require $27 billion of secured investment by 2026.
"The supply chain is struggling to scale up and will be an impediment to achieving decarbonisation targets if change does not happen," said Chris Seiple, vice chair, power and renewables at Wood Mackenzie.
"Nearly 80 GW of annual installations to meet all government targets is not realistic, even achieving our forecasted 30 GW in additions will prove unrealistic if there isn't immediate investment in the supply chain," Seiple said."

There is dreamers here in Australia as well

Poor German Greens

"Annalena Baerbock, who is a Greens member of the ruling three-party coalition, was twice turned back in mid-air after her government A340 failed to retract landing flaps shortly after taking off from Abu Dhabi for Australia last Monday and Tuesday. German journalist Patrick Deikmann, who was part of the entourage, stated the plane had tried to take off three times from Abu Dhabi, where the aircraft landed to refuel, in a debacle he simply labelled as 'embarrassing'.
On the two occasions the plane took off, the plane encountered problems with the retraction of the landing flaps and meant the plane had to be landed quickly.
The aircraft was too heavy to land back in Abu Dhabi safely until around 80,000 litres of fuel was jettisoned on each occasion.
Ms Baerbock, who has touted banning Germans from domestic flights to lower CO2 greenhouse gas emissions, .......

"The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has delivered a gloomier outlook on the decade ahead in its latest market forecasts, warning the situation had worsened since its last update in February.It warns in particular of potential reliability problems in South Australia and Victoria this coming summer, with Victoria's expected to last throughout the decade ahead.
It calls for "imminent and urgent investment", arguing without action "the reliability of the National Electricity Market (NEM)" will be at risk."

Above is not greenwashing, Claims "She'll be right mate" are

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Facts and figures about excess solar and wind at times are Greenwashing. I love solar and wind. We can never have too much unless its is on some people's farms or in some nice places. If it's built in someone else's farm or fishing place its ok of course