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<p>When a country completely switches to renewable energies in their
grid, I would be overjoyed to completely delete the
electricity:grid:origin tags in that region. Most countries are
aiming for this to occur by 2050 with many still falling short of
that goal. OSM was created in 2004 - the map in 2050 would be
three times as old as it is now. Surely the coming 30 years are
significant enough to allow this to be mapped for that time.
Perhaps we can then also deprecate gas/diesel fuel stations - we
do still map then now however. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02/01/2021 14:51, Paul Allen wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Sat, 2 Jan 2021 at 13:34, Mateusz Konieczny
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<div>I a also dubious about usefulness of mapping this in
OSM<br>
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<div>I have doubts it is going to be of other than short-term
significance. Either we</div>
<div>switch to renewable energy (plus nuclear) pretty much
completely in the</div>
<div>near future or we may soon not have a technological
civilization at all</div>
<div>(maybe nothing more than isolated remnants of humanity in
the worst</div>
<div>case, a Mad Max world).</div>
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<div>In any case, the costs of renewables have dropped to the
point</div>
<div>where they are already cheaper than fossil fuels, so the
interests of</div>
<div>capitalism coincide with enlightened self-interest.
Fossil fuel plants</div>
<div>are being decommissioned ahead of schedule. There will
still</div>
<div>be gas turbines to pick up surges in load for many years
to come,</div>
<div>but they'll soon cease to be used for primary generation.</div>
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<div>As a way of trying to force governments to pass laws
promoting</div>
<div>renewable electricity, it's no longer really required.
It is now</div>
<div>nothing more than an advertising gimmick, and one with a</div>
<div>relatively short life ahead of it.</div>
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<div>I doubt I'll be using the tag if we ever settle on it. I
also will</div>
<div>not mourn if we never come up with a tag for it, because
a</div>
<div>few years from now it will just be clutter as everyone
will</div>
<div>be providing renewable electricity. Then we'd need a tag</div>
<div>for the few places supplying non-renewable electricity.<br>
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<div>Paul</div>
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