Submitted 3 weeks ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to energy@slrpnk.net
Europe is killing it as far as greenhouse emissions. They’re actually trying to do something right, and they’ve been cutting emissions significantly.
ourworldindata.org/…/ghg-emissions-by-world-regio…
The US is more or less staying the course in terms of killing the planet, and China and India are busy trying to increase emissions to kill it even faster. If you want the TL;DR version.
China is by far the world’s largest installer of renewables. They are outpacing the rest of the world combined.
They are also the largest installer of dirty power like coal/oil. Ideally, and it sure looks like it from their recrbt power investments, they view coal/etc as stop gaps.
Their emissions per capita are skyrocketing, but their emissions per gdp and emissions per kwh are going down. The country is still developing, so it’s energy demand is going up. At least it doesn’t have large fossil fuel reserves, so pushes them towards renewables.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Looks like this is actual energy produced, rather than capacity. That’s impressive
Graph over time