idontagreewitu t1_j6c1uwp wrote
Reply to comment by MrYogiMan in Hundreds of climate activists were arrested in The Hague after blocking the A12 highway in both ways on Saturday afternoon in protest at government subsidies for fossil fuels such as oil and gas by DoremusJessup
>Fossil fuel-fired power plants produced over 80% of the electricity in the Netherlands, mainly natural gas (42%) and coal (35%). More than 12% of the Netherland's electricity is generated from renewable sources, mainly biomass and waste (5% of the total) and wind (7% of the total).
GreenPowerTrader t1_j6el0s1 wrote
Not denying the overall point that the Netherlands still need a long way, but this source is from 2016. In the western european power world this is an eternity ago. The current renewable percentage of ELECTRICITY is roughly 40 percent (with e.g. solar growing by 4GWp yearly!) - albeit with like 15-20 percentage points biomass.
The overall renewable share of energy, i.e including fuels, is still super mediocre at 15% or so. So enough reason to protest.
P.S. if you want to be green, using less energy in general is the single best way to save carbon. Your electric SUV is not making anything better.
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