- Our tea consumption is 157,000 tonnes [3]
- The yield in India is about 1600 kg/hectare [4]
- The sun's energy in the UK is only 50% that in India [5] so let's assume we have half the yield: 800 kg/hectare
- We need 196,000 hectares - about 10% of the area of Wales (0.8% of the area of the UK).
Well, that is a lot of land, but surely for tea it would be worth it. :-)
[1] Home grown tea served in the Balmoral Hotel (BBC) March 13th 2015.
[2] How climate change will brew a bad-tasting, expensive cup of coffee (Guardian) March 2014
[3] Tea import-export trends in focus at Dubai forum (Middle East Association) April 2014
[4] Tea yields compared (Tea uncomplicated: the simple leaf blog). October 2006
[5] Using PVGIS
[3] Tea import-export trends in focus at Dubai forum (Middle East Association) April 2014
[4] Tea yields compared (Tea uncomplicated: the simple leaf blog). October 2006
[5] Using PVGIS
Brilliant! Who needs Anglesey anyway?
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