tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441439.post8451974287238202183..comments2023-11-19T17:31:49.939+00:00Comments on Bristling Badger: alex salmond's renewable coalUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441439.post-84189640478243503082010-10-03T10:57:04.998+01:002010-10-03T10:57:04.998+01:00Dunc,
In 2005 the Science Minister, Lord Sainsbur...Dunc,<br /><br />In 2005 the Science Minister, Lord Sainsbury, told the Financial Times that nuclear power was renewable. <br /><br />Anything that cannot infinitely replenish is not renewable. Uranium is a rare and finite mineral. Debate over. At least, to anyone interested in facts.<br /><br />That weaselling with numbers could actually hold the key - Scotland's wind and marine potential is gargantuan, especially compared to its demand. <br /><br />However, it feels to me more like 'ooh loook, we could be lovely' stuff like the oil companies put out when they make a few solar panels or hydrogen car.merrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10959849087751101034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441439.post-81406840970695384622010-10-01T12:15:00.928+01:002010-10-01T12:15:00.928+01:00Yeah, it's a bit bloody depressing, isn't ...Yeah, it's a bit bloody depressing, isn't it? Especially when you realise that the SNP are about as good as it gets for a mainstream party...<br /><br />There may be some weaselling going on with the targets here... The question is whether they're talking the electricity <i>generated</i> in Scotland or the generation of the electricity <i>used</i> in Scotland - as we export something like 20% of our total generation to England. So it would be theoretically possible to claim that 100% of the electricity <i>used</i> in Scotland was generated by renewables, whilst still having a substantial non-renewable component in the generating mix. And let's not even think about whether nuclear counts as "renewable or not... (Fun fact - last time I checked, the largest single component in the generating mix for Scottish <i>Hydro</i> Electric was - yup, you guessed it - nuclear. The clue's in the name, isn't it?)<br /><br />I get the feeling that "renewable" is going the way of "sustainable"... It's becoming a non-word (maybe even an anti-word?), a meaningless invocation of some kind of aspiration towards better things, rather than actually meaning, you know, <i>renewable</i>.Duncnoreply@blogger.com