Uk to run out of fossil fuels in 5 years

[Plaything of the gods]

I think the point of the report is that the UK currently has access to some 5 years of indigenous energy - that's fossil fuels in the ground and, I'd guess, energy that can be captured from the sun and moon (solar, wind, hydro, wave, tidal) or extracted as geothermal.

By contrast, Britain has just 5.2 years of oil, 4.5 years of coal and three years of its own gas remaining.

There may be a lot of coal in the ground still but it is not easy or economical to get out when it can be imported cheaply. Britain has not been self-sufficient in energy for yonks and 'energy security' has been an elephant in the room all that time.

 

[Ducado]

Global Sustainability Institute in backing green power generation shocker.

Exactly the report is not worth the paper it's written on

 

[Helmet Cole]

I'm off work today. Can I Frack my own garden? What tools do I need?

 

[Challenger1978]

I think the point of the report is that the UK currently has access to some 5 years of indigenous energy - that's fossil fuels in the ground and, I'd guess, energy that can be captured from the sun and moon (solar, wind, hydro, wave, tidal) or extracted as geothermal.

By contrast, Britain has just 5.2 years of oil, 4.5 years of coal and three years of its own gas remaining.

There may be a lot of coal in the ground still but it is not easy or economical to get out when it can be imported cheaply. Britain has not been self-sufficient in energy for yonks and 'energy security' has been an elephant in the room all that time.

Fracking for gas is an old technology it's just never been economically viable until recently. Same thing will happen with coal, once the price goes high enough we will start mining coal again in this country.

 

[bluealf]

Global Sustainability Institute in backing green power generation shocker.

Exactly the report is not worth the paper it's written on

Paper, think of the trees man :)

 

[BoyBlue_1985]

I think the point of the report is that the UK currently has access to some 5 years of indigenous energy - that's fossil fuels in the ground and, I'd guess, energy that can be captured from the sun and moon (solar, wind, hydro, wave, tidal) or extracted as geothermal.

By contrast, Britain has just 5.2 years of oil, 4.5 years of coal and three years of its own gas remaining.

There may be a lot of coal in the ground still but it is not easy or economical to get out when it can be imported cheaply. Britain has not been self-sufficient in energy for yonks and 'energy security' has been an elephant in the room all that time.

Fracking for gas is an old technology it's just never been economically viable until recently. Same thing will happen with coal, once the price goes high enough we will start mining coal again in this country.

Unlikely as by 2023 we wont even have a single coal fired power plant