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		goatinaboat on Jan 28, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scotland to use 100% renewables on time to host 20... But aren’t 10s of 1000 of people flying in from all over the world for this “summit”? Let’s talk about renewables for powering videoconferencing, otherwise this is just a band aid.

thawaway1837 on Jan 28, 2020 [–]

I’m pretty sure a few percentage decrease in Scotland’s fossil fuel usage will make up for all those flights in a few weeks, never mind all the other countries that may be driven to do the same based on the outcome of the summit.

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