Comment on Renewables surprisingly "on track" to meet net zero by 2050
eleitl@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Garbage reports like that do a lot of damage. Fraction of fossil in the primary energy use is nearly constant, and net zero is merely a greenwashing scam.
SCB@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I work for a climate lobbying group and upwards of 95% of all new energy construction in the US is renewables. Right now the focus is on energy infrastructure and lessening permitting requirements (both of which have at least some bipartisan support). If we get both of these, renewable goals are definitely reachable.
Carbon tax is still a non-started with Republicans in general tho, and that’s what would really tip the scales.
eleitl@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The goals of renewable should be quantitative substitution of fossil primary energy within less than 50 years.
SCB@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’d like a suit of power armor, if we’re just magicking things into existence.
eleitl@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Well, we don’t even have 50 years. Net energy of oil liquids is projected to peak as early as 2025. So trying to address that by trying to scale up even more volume only makes the energy cliff steeper.
steltek@lemm.ee 1 year ago
When and how do we get offshore wind that’s worth a crap in the US? It seems so obvious to me that we have huge population centers right next to huge “wind reserves”.
SCB@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Permitting requirements will help there but unfortunately that solution is tied to state governments as well, which may or may not be good news depending on where you’re talking about.