> was clocked to be offset after 5.3 months of running the turbine
.. if the power would have otherwise been generated using non-renewable sources.
But even when (if?) electricity generation is switched to 100% renewable, we will _still_ need to reduce carbon emissions to reduce climate change, so reducing carbon emissions invovled in the creation and maintanence of renewable electricity seems like a good idea to me.
If your grid is already 100% renewables, you have other stuff to work on before that becomes an issue. For example, transforming industries that depend on oil byproducts.
.. if the power would have otherwise been generated using non-renewable sources.
But even when (if?) electricity generation is switched to 100% renewable, we will _still_ need to reduce carbon emissions to reduce climate change, so reducing carbon emissions invovled in the creation and maintanence of renewable electricity seems like a good idea to me.