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Da Oeuf ( oeuf@slrpnk.net )  to Climate@slrpnk.net · 20 days ago

Analysis: Wind and solar save UK from gas imports worth £5.9bn during Hormuz crisis - Carbon Brief

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Analysis: Wind and solar save UK from gas imports worth £5.9bn during Hormuz crisis - Carbon Brief

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Da Oeuf ( oeuf@slrpnk.net )  to Climate@slrpnk.net · 20 days ago
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The UK has avoided gas imports worth £5.9bn since the start of the Hormuz crisis as a result of record electricity generation from wind and solar.
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    A common objection to the green transition is the cost of it.

    What doesn’t get mentioned as much is the cost of not doing it.

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