Posted: Mon Aug 8, 2022 11:38am
Why on earth does Spain need to conserve energy, the country has solar, they are not heavily dependant on gas..The Uk now has fields full of Solar panels and wind turbines.
If governments around the world was serious about this issue, every home should be built with solar, especially in countries like Spain.. Of course Iberdrola and companies that control the grid wouldn't like that. The population producing their own power. That would never do, big companies losing money. I live in the Uk but have had solar hot water on my roof for 10 years. My bolier is off for the majority of the summer, even in the winter it heats up to about 40 so only a top up from the boiler is required for a short period for the hot water.
Only hybrid cars are useful in the fact that they can produce their own electricity, whereas fully electrictic cars rely on being charged from a source, much of this is still produced by fosil fuels. Not as green as many think they are .They need batteries, for which the Lithium is being plundered yet again from the earth.They don't last that long about 3-5 years at most and are very costly to replace. So a second hand electric vehicle of 3-4 years will need a new battery, add that on to the cost of the vehicle and it will probably end up as similar cost of a new vehicle.
We need much more nuclear power, solar on the roofs and why other counties with large coastlines are not harnessing the power of the sea, is beyond belief.
Everything is far to slow, so then you have to wonder why the governments don't just make this a priority if its as bad as the say it is? Instead they say, turn down the air-con, don't have your heating on, use less water....... They don't build extra resevoirs to store water, which much just goes into the ground and could be saved. Israel has the largest desalination plant, powered entirely by solar and they make enough clean water for the whole country and an excess which they sell to other mid-eastern countries.
Our Countries make fuel and energy prices so high that soon there will be civil unrest. Already in the Uk, Don't pay.uk is planning a big campaign. Some people will just not be able to pay. £3500+ is totally unaffordable for millions especailly the poor and pensioners who will be afraid to turn their heating on.