Christmas Energy Quiz
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Tom and Emma are joined by Tom Palmer for a Christmas-themed energy quiz. Play along! The questions are:  How many kilometers can a Tesla car travel using the energy it would take to stream an hour of netflix?  In what year was natural gas first brought into the UK from our own gas fields?  What animals have solar farms been built in the shape of? What country has the oldest operational nuclear plant? What country has the largest estimated amount of lithium reserves?  What is the capacity of coal-fired generation in China in 2021?  What is the gross power output of the worlds northern most nuclear power plant in MW? When is peak electricity demand in GB on Christmas day?  What was the largest TV pick-up on Christmas day in GB? What renewable energy featured in the 2020 Coca-Cola ad?
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