Greenhouse gas emissions
Good to see that, on Easter Bank Holiday Monday, renewable energy sources made up almost 80% of Britain's power generation: wind power made up 39% of the energy mix, with solar at 21% and nuclear accounting for 16%. Of course, achieving this record was helped by sunny weather and strong winds, but nevertheless it represents real progress.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56657299Meanwhile, it's depressing to read in a recent report that that the target of reducing greenhouse gases isn't helped by the growth in the ridiculous SUV market. The numbers of these fuel-inefficient brutes (on average, they consume about a quarter more energy than medium-size cars) lumbering around have doubled their market share over the last 10 years.What's even worse is that three-quarters of all SUVs sold in the UK to private citizens in 2019-2020 were registered to urban addresses, and even in the largest class of SUVs, which are more likely to have genuine 4-Wheel-Drive and off-road capability, two-thirds of new vehicles sold are registered to addresses in towns and cities.Furthermore, the top three districts for Large SUVs were Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham, and Westminster, all Inner London boroughs and, in case you wondered what it might have to do with us, ingloriously seventh for the whole country is our own Wandsworth."Mindgames on wheels: How advertising sold false promises of safety and superiority with SUVs" https://bit.ly/3mqzj7q
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