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One of the UK's largest solar farms is now online and can power 20,000 homes (electrek.co)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This time to feed its infinte hunger for energy.

UK electricity demand is down 20% since 2012, and continuing on a downward trend.

Changes away from more polluting energy sources to meet this reduced demand is a good thing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

We don't share a common premise for a discussion. To you the industrial society is a constant and you think replacing nature with industrial energy production is a good trade. To me nature is a constant and I think replacing industrial society with more nature is a good trade.

Global electricity demand is expected to rise at a faster rate over the next three years, growing by an average of 3.4% annually through 2026.

https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-2024/executive-summary

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

This is replacing agricultural fields. Solar panels allow for a drastic increase in biodiversity over crop monocultures. It's an improvement on the metrics you care about as well as in energy production.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Also, don't assume my position on industrialised society.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

That's a myth though. No numbers I know of suggest earths population and our demand of food is declining. What will happen is that the agricultural land replaced with a solarfarm is going to be set up somewhere else at the cost of nature.