UK to struggle to meet green energy targets

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UK to struggle to meet green energy targets

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Reuters - 02/02/10

Britain could struggle to hit its target of getting 15 percent of its energy from renewable resources within the next decade, according to a UK government report submitted to the European Union.

Interim targets for the next six years will cause even greater problems, causing Britain to fall behind its EU neighbors.

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Unless consumption remains limited, the UK could fail to hit any of its interim renewables targets for the next six years.
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Hey! The sooner we fall behind, the more time we have to catch up!
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foodimista wrote:Hey! The sooner we fall behind, the more time we have to catch up!
You never know, we might fall so far behind that we end up having to take short cuts like developing CCS for coal and industry etc.

I wouldn't write off British ingenuity just yet.
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