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I'm Portuguese and as much as I'd love to run on 96% green energy I can't believe it... Last time I checked (it was quite a while ago I'll give them that) we imported a lot of nuclear energy from France. So unless France is 100% green and still has a green energy surplus (which it isn't/doesn't) we're just transfering our carbon footprint...
We do have a lot of wind turbines so maybe we don't import as much anymore but still...
Nuclear is green though, so France is a good place to be importing from. It also has the lowest mortality rate per kWh of all power sources, Chernobyl included.
Not saying nuclear isn't green btw.
I, personally, am all for nuclear. However given the choice I'd rather my country invests in wind geothermal, solar and others. Nuclear can be a liability as we've seen in Ukraine.
I don't know about the others but I don't think I can really consider solar green, it needs a lot of silicon not only to make enough panels to have an impact but also needs the extraction of stuff for batteries too, still better than coal ig.
Oh no. It needs lots of sand.
What's the problem with silicon?
I still think in the long run it's worth it. Maybe not as good as wind I guess, but 100% better than gas/oil/coal etc...