{"id":540,"date":"2022-06-15T22:47:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T21:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imruls.blog\/?p=540"},"modified":"2022-06-15T22:47:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T21:47:28","slug":"power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imruls.blog\/?p=540","title":{"rendered":"Power"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mygridgb.co.uk\/dashboard\/\" target=\"_blank\">site<\/a> shows the UK\u2019s power generation breakdown. At the time of writing, our 30GW demand is created by natural gas (55%), nuclear (20%), wind (11%) and other (14%). Sustainable and clean energy, for all the PR I see, isn\u2019t quite the player I thought it\u2019d be by now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though we sometimes focus on the carbon intensity of electricity, what I think might matter more, is the amount of greenhouse gases released to the atmosphere from power generation. 2019 emissions from energy supply was 65.5% lower than they were in 1990. <br>Source: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/957887\/2019_Final_greenhouse_gas_emissions_statistical_release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Energy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Energy itself isn\u2019t evil. It\u2019s necessary\u2026to create food, pump water, generate warmth, charge your phone, play Netflix. Energy security isn\u2019t inherently bad. Sustainable methods are better for many reasons, but its current capacity can\u2019t provide all our energy needs. Much work needs to be done to build out the infrastructure. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This site shows the UK\u2019s power generation breakdown. At the time of writing, our 30GW demand is created by natural gas (55%), nuclear (20%), wind (11%) and other (14%). Sustainable and clean energy, for all the PR I see, isn\u2019t quite the player I thought it\u2019d be by now. Though we sometimes focus on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thoughts"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imruls.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imruls.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imruls.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imruls.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imruls.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imruls.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imruls.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imruls.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imruls.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}