[data_maan]

Three things:

1 Renewables: The solution exists already but no gov't (in particular the UK) is implementing it: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/100%25_renewable_energy

2 The UK gov't rather is arresting people demonstrating for housing insulation. This is probably the dumbest thing a gov't can do, since insulation is a "bipartisan" issue and everybody would profit from it.

3 On top of this the UK is on the verge of picking a fight with the EU and risking a trade war by its illegal and unilateral changes to the Brexit agreement. NI political issues aside, no sane gov't would do that at this point in time.

[Reason077]

> "Renewables: The solution exists already but no gov't (in particular the UK) is implementing it"

The UK govt has done better than most on renewables in the past decade. Wind energy in particular. In 2020, wind power supplied 24.8% of all UK electricity, and this will continue to increase as major new wind farms - some of the largest in the world - come online in the coming years:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_the_United_Kingd...

The UK grid should begin to have periods of 100% fossil-free generation by 2025:

https://www.nationalgrideso.com/news/great-britain-track-per...

[data_maan]

You say "better" but you're not giving a comparison.

The UK doesn't appear anywhere in the ranking on the Wikipedia link of countries with >90% electricity from renewables.

You're last link also pertains to electricity only BTW (you make it sound like all energy is considered) and the UK aims for 2025 to have "periods" of fossil-free electricity generation, while other countries do that already today and not just for "periods".

I'm sorry, but the UK sucks.

My only consolation to you is that a number of other western countries also suck.

[Reason077]

It's not valid to compare the UK to various small countries that have always had renewables in the form of large hydroelectric systems, which the UK's geography simply doesn't have.

My point is that, in the past decade, the UK has transitioned to renewables faster than any other major industrialised nation.

As recently as 2012, nearly 45% of UK electricity still came from coal. This has been cut to around 1% in 2022, and all remaining coal-fired power stations will be closed completely by 2025.

Obviously there is still much more to do, but the UK compares favourably here to, for example, the USA or Germany.

[makomk]

Countries with >90% of electricity from renewables are, almost universally, ones which have unusually good geography for hydropower combined a low enough population and energy demand that this meets their needs. This is not something that the UK or most of the world can replicate.

[automatic6131]

If you glue yourself to a road, you could be supporting an end to pedophilia, but I'll still cheer the coppers arresting you so I can go where I want.

[data_maan]

Somehow this sounds to me like you would rather support pedophilia than see your precious right to "go where you want" restricted.

Standard hedonism of the typical climate change deniers here. Go on, people, nothing to see ...

[alt227]

A common short sited assumption to make. In no way did the parent suggest he supported it, just an example that the average person cares mostly about things that directly affect their lives regardless of the bigger causes at play.