← Back to context Comment by IshKebab 16 hours ago This is just goalpost moving. Only a couple of decades ago we were at a solid 0% everywhere. 3 comments IshKebab Reply 0123456789ABCDE 10 minutes ago hydro electric dams exist since, at least, the 1880s. [^1]it's not a new (two decade) technology.[^1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroelectricity#History bopjesvla 15 hours ago > The Netherlands: 86%, dominated by solar & windThe Netherlands: 50%, of which one third is biomass.As someone living in the Netherlands, I would love to live in energy utopia, but stats reported by people who can’t read Dutch government reports are usually wrong. NoLinkToMe 14 hours ago Nah about 5% of electricity is from biomass, not 33%. The 33% figure is regarding gross energy production, not electricity. Otherwise agreed.
0123456789ABCDE 10 minutes ago hydro electric dams exist since, at least, the 1880s. [^1]it's not a new (two decade) technology.[^1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroelectricity#History
bopjesvla 15 hours ago > The Netherlands: 86%, dominated by solar & windThe Netherlands: 50%, of which one third is biomass.As someone living in the Netherlands, I would love to live in energy utopia, but stats reported by people who can’t read Dutch government reports are usually wrong. NoLinkToMe 14 hours ago Nah about 5% of electricity is from biomass, not 33%. The 33% figure is regarding gross energy production, not electricity. Otherwise agreed.
NoLinkToMe 14 hours ago Nah about 5% of electricity is from biomass, not 33%. The 33% figure is regarding gross energy production, not electricity. Otherwise agreed.
hydro electric dams exist since, at least, the 1880s. [^1]
it's not a new (two decade) technology.
[^1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroelectricity#History
> The Netherlands: 86%, dominated by solar & wind
The Netherlands: 50%, of which one third is biomass.
As someone living in the Netherlands, I would love to live in energy utopia, but stats reported by people who can’t read Dutch government reports are usually wrong.
Nah about 5% of electricity is from biomass, not 33%. The 33% figure is regarding gross energy production, not electricity. Otherwise agreed.