A green red herring: Better to target zero emissions than 100% renewable energy

Print section Print Rubric:  The goal should be to curb global warming, not to achieve 100% renewable energy Print Headline:  A green red herring Print Fly Title:  Renewable-energy targets UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  Liu Xiaobo's death holds a message for China Fly Title:  A green red herring NOT that long ago, the world wondered whether clean energy could survive without lavish government support. Now the question is how far it can spread. The number of electric vehicles, which breached 1m in 2015, last year reached 2m; countries like France and firms like Volvo are looking ahead to the demise of the internal combustion engine. In electricity generation, too, momentum is with the greens. In June the Chinese province of Qinghai ran for seven consecutive days on renewable energy alone; in the first half of this year wind, solar and hydro generated a record 35% of Germany's power. Greater success is breeding greater ...

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