China is on track to reach a fully renewable energy system by 2051, nearly a century earlier than the United States, according to a global study covering 150 countries.

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    1 day ago

    Very helpful. I’m surprised by Canada at 64 %. We have such short days in winter when we need the electricity the most that solar and wind don’t produce that much.

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      16 hours ago

      Hydroelectric.

      I always end up looking like I hate green energy because I’m critical of wind and solar, but geothermal and hydroelectric are actually super practical.

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      It’s because of the vast hydro power in PQ. Also, windmills work at night.

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        Partially. The wind dies down to almost nothing at night so a long night means a longer time with no wind production.

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          ah. the wind is definately different near me. I sorta wonder though how constant or not they are at the elevation of the turbines. I almost always see them moving no matter the wind. I had heard they actually to much wind and they have to be turned off but I think anytime its been storming that bad I have not paid attention to them.

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            Interesting. I never considered the height of them. I’ll have to dig into that.