Three Big Energy Wins In 2019 weather.com Did you know â…“ of global energy comes from

[Integrity_Farmer]

Three Big Energy Wins In 2019
weather.com
Did you know â…“ of global energy comes from renewable sources now?

https://weather.com/en-CA/international/videos/video/three-big-energy-wins-in-2019

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Three Big Energy Wins In 2019
weather.com
Did you know â…“ of global energy comes from renewable sources now?

https://weather.com/en-CA/international/videos/video/three-big-energy-wins-in-2019

Perhaps you should learn to read before posting on Agriville. That is not what it says.

Renewable energy sources now account for a third of global power capacity

Power being electricity, not total of all energy. And capacity being nameplate capacity, whereas what is defined as a renewable( solar and wind), typically have actual output in the 20-30% range compared to nameplate capacity(edit, UK solar is down in the single digit range). And the vast majority of what they are including as renewables is hydroelectric(not considered renewable by most of the greens), wind and solar are still in the very low single digits. And even if we ignore all of that, it still is nowhere near 1/3 according to any of the recognized energy agencies.

But it sure sounds impressive when you twist a few words around like you did.

[Hamloc]

Norway is a good example Integrity Farmer. If you look up Norway 98% of their electricity comes from renewable energy but when you look at the breakdown 95% is from hydroelectricity, 3% wind and solar, 2% fossil fuels. Look at Canada 82% of our electrical generation is GHG free. 60% hydro, 15% nuclear and 7% non-hydro renewables. When you look at it Canada is doing quite well yet we continue to beat ourselves up!

[TASFarms]

You lost me as soon as Leo Decrapio gave his endorsement

[Guest]

God damn details , eh IF ?

[fjlip]

Keep shaming "those people", thanks guys.

[jazz]

When you look at it Canada is doing quite well yet we continue to beat ourselves up!

You mean beat up AB and Sask.

natural gas and fossil fuels were found before the first hydro dams went up in this country. Of course it made sense to use those resources rather than go build a lot of dams.

[chuckChuck]

Jazz you are wrong again! Don't let facts get in the way of your arguments! LOL

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/hydroelectricity https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity History: 1900-1945

Beginning in the early 1900s, there was rapid growth in the development of hydroelectric-power sites and progressive increases in transmission-voltage levels. More remote sites were exploited and transmission lines were extended to supply the gradual but strong growth in demand for electric power. In 1903 electric power was transmitted to Montréal from a hydro station at Shawinigan, QC, via a 135 km long, 50,000-volt transmission line; by 1910 Ontario Hydro was transmitting hydroelectric power from Niagara Falls on 110,000-volt line.

By 1900 a total of 133,000 kilowatts (kW) of hydroelectric-generating capacity had been installed in Canada. Most of this capacity was in Québec and Ontario, where attractive hydroelectric-power sites were found near urban centres, though there were some smaller developments in the Maritimes, Alberta, and BC. In the next 10 years, major hydro-generating stations were established in all provinces except for PEI and Saskatchewan. In 1906, the Yukon Gold Company developed a hydro plant on the territory’s Little 12 Mile River. By the early 1950s, hydro facilities were serving both northern territories. Hydroelectric generation was not developed in Saskatchewan until the early 1960s, when the South Saskatchewan River Development provided control and regulation of the province's major river system.

[jazz]

Jazz you are wrong again! Don't let facts get in the way of your arguments! LOL

We are talking about modern mega concrete buttress style dams that can produce the same type of power that fossil fuels can. They have only been around since the late 50s early 60s. Oil and gas found 10 yrs before that.

[chuckChuck]

"natural gas and fossil fuels were found before the first hydro dams went up in this country. Of course it made sense to use those resources rather than go build a lot of dams."

Jazz you made the above statement which was totally wrong. And then you tried to change what you said. Nice try but like a lot of your statements you get your facts wrong!

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Not sure why I bothered responding to Lack of Integrity Farmer, since he never seems to have the integrity to respond when I call out the errors in his hit and run posts.

But Chuck, you usually stick around and defend the undefendable. Instead of arguing with Jazz about whose definition of hydro is right, do you have an information source that proves Integrity's post correct, and my debunking of it to be wrong?

[Guest]

And the dams are great also
Tobin lake is a great fishery and a lake that is used by 1000’s
But these enviro mentals dont want anything
But just shut their heat and power off and watch them squeal
Most of the dumb bastards dont even know where power and heat comes from
Probably think it comes out of the wall and food out of a supermarket
Best thing that could happen is a complete reset
When that happens it will be survival of the fittest and most of these enviro mental types wont get far
And we will start over
Same as every other time
And strong men will make good times again
Too bad history takes so long and has to be repeated over and over and over again

[jazz]

Someone said that Diefenbaker could take a handful more turbines on it. So could Alameda. Not sure about Tobin and others. Sask could easily expand it hydro pretty fast.

Nukes will go where the coal plants are at Boundary and Cornach.

I am all for it so long as the money and projects stay here in Sask. I will even support money losing windmills and solar panels so long as that money is deployed here.

I will not support any carbon tax type UN directive type policies, no how, never.

[chuckChuck]

Probably cheaper to buy excess hydro from Manitoba which is in the works.

Maybe there are some opportunities for hydro in Sask but Alameda is not one of them as the seasonal water flows are too small and irregular. It is mostly used for recreation and water management on the lower souris watershed into North Dakota. In other words flood control for Minot. Which in 2011 actually didn't work very well.

Nukes are not going to happen anytime soon. Gas first then see how the rest works out. Any affordable storage systems for wind and some solar would make a big difference. But we are not there yet.

[blackpowder]

Something tells me the solar hot water tanks on every roof in rural China wouldn't go over well here.
And the Grand Coulee Dam would never have supplied the Arsenal of Democracy with power if some on here had been in charge.
Same shit different day here on Wienerville.