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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (1464583)	6/24/2024 11:15:25 PM
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Total energy includes transportation and heating. That's one of Lomborg's games. When it comes to the percent of electricity, In 2018, hydro generated 89.8% of B.C.'s electricity.Jun 30, 2022 Canada's Renewable Power – British Columbia - CER Bjorn Lomborg Needs To Check His Data On Solar & Wind (cleantechnica.com) ....Lomborg needs to go back to his data source on wind and solar, the International Energy Agency, which he claims estimates that just 0.4 per cent of global energy now comes from solar and wind power, and will produce just 2.2 per cent in 2040, even after “massive public subsidies” and if the world acts on green promises. That’s just not true. ...Lomborg’s figures on wind and solar are conflated with the overall “energy demand”, which means transport and heat as well as electricity. In this calculation, oil contributes 31 per cent, while coal contributes 28 per cent. The IEA does not give much credence to a move to electric vehicles, big or small.