The trend line looks good though, we’ve been mostly maxed out on hydropower for decades.
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keepthepace@slrpnk.net 4 months agokey part: includes hydropower. The world was at 20% already in 1985.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
keepthepace@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Cool. I guess I was thinking in the US. Globally is still getting more
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I’d assume electricity consumption has grown a lot faster than hydropower capacity since then.
keepthepace@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
A bit. We have basically done x2.5 in electricity production since 1985 and x2 in hydropower.