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Originally Posted by Scott.T
If I'm correct and having seen similar adverts for such energy, the gas and electric still comes down the same pipe/cable as does the water (which also has a carbon footprint).
So the 100% renewable is an indirect energy claim/statement because the supply is still coming from the same place, it's just that somehow through the billing system your billing agent feeds energy back into the system from a renewable source (assuming we can class 'the sun' and the movement of 'the moon', causing tidal movement and wind as renewable).
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Yes, of course the energy comes down the same pipes/cables as everything else, it's not practical for anyone with a 'normal' property to be completely self-sufficient in this country for most of the year. I think the idea is that people switching to nominally 100% renewable energy plans should incentivise the suppliers themselves to invest in renewables, as they can see a market for selling the resulting energy.