Hi Folks,
Happy Monday morning!
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/aug/13/renewableenergy.energy
reports on a leaked DBERR (heard of them?) memo to ministers
which advises that
"under current policies Britain would miss the EU's 2020 target
of 20% energy from renewables by a long way."
"Under current policies renewables would account for only 5% of
Britain's energy mix by 2020, the document says."
The memo is quoted as asking ministers:
"what options there are for statistical interpretations
of the target that would make it easier to achieve"
"Statistical interpretations"? Could this possibly mean that
there is uncertainty about whet the target is?
If the UK could widen the confidence interval for the 20% target
until it includes the achievable 5%, would the UK be deemed to
have attained the target, on the grouds that there is no
significant evidence that it didn't?
Oh what scope this opens up!
Best wishes,
Ted.
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