Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time

Re:Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time by ericd on Thursday May 11, 2023 @09:22AM (#35901636)

Looking at the report that that was based on (page xiv on https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/... ), it looks like the efficient stoves are at about 1/15-1/10 the open fire amount. Those “450x” numbers are compared to methane, which is close to zero particulate, so it’s a little misleading. But burning methane means you’re adding prehistoric carbon to the atmosphere.

I’m guessing that if all the open fires were instead “low particulate” stoves, then it wouldn’t be a concern compared to PM2.5 generation from vehicles.

I don’t see a perfect here until we all have heat pumps driven by nuclear.

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Re:Wind is main source of UK electricity for first time by ericd on Thursday May 11, 2023 @02:17PM (#35906072)

This is kind of interesting: https://www.bts.gov/content/estimated-national-average-vehic...

Exhaust particulate per mile has plummeted over the past couple of decades! By comparison, EPA stoves put out a couple grams of particulate per hour.

But, it seems like it's not apples to apples, because brake dust is metal dust, whereas wood smoke tends to be mostly organic compounds. Maybe the body is better at dealing with organic wood smoke compounds? We've certainly been heavily exposed over many generations.

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