{"id":5460,"date":"2015-03-27T13:33:11","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T12:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=5460"},"modified":"2015-03-27T13:33:11","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T12:33:11","slug":"one-thing-we-have-learnt-this-week-uk-greenhouse-emissions-fell-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=5460","title":{"rendered":"One thing we have learnt this week- UK greenhouse emissions fell last year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/uk-GHG-data.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-5464 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/uk-GHG-data-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"uk GHG data\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/uk-GHG-data-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/uk-GHG-data.jpg 487w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to government statistics released this week UK greenhouse emissions fell last year by nearly 9%.\u00a0 The reasons for this are;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A mild winter in 2013\/14 meant less gas use to heat our houses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>Reduced use of coal for power generation as coal fired plant has been retired.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>A massive increase in renewable electricity output with almost 20% of electricity coming from renewable sources (particularly high in the final quarter).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>North sea oil production was at a record low, but gas production increased.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This fall is now becoming a longterm trend in greenhouse emissions.\u00a0 It does not mean that we have decoupled growth from greenhouse emissions (for starters we offshore a lot of production to countries like China).\u00a0 There are also other related challenges and questions.\u00a0 Will the fall continue with the recent fall in energy prices?\u00a0 How will we cope with the retirement of so much coal plant (with more to come)?\u00a0 How will we cope with very large outputs of solar electricity in summer?\u00a0 How will we heat our houses in the future (renewable heat has limitations and has yet to make any significant inroads into the UK energy scene).\u00a0 We cover many of these issues in our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookdepository.com\/No-Oil-Lamp-Andy-Mellen\/9780232529449\" target=\"_blank\">book<\/a>.\u00a0 There are solutions but they require forward planning.<\/p>\n<p>Chart data source DECC.<\/p>\n<p>Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; According to government statistics released this week UK greenhouse emissions fell last year by nearly 9%.\u00a0 The reasons for this are; A mild winter in 2013\/14 meant less gas use to heat our houses. 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