We’re using much more electricity, and the new source is mostly solar, but, we haven’t reduced the coal and fossil fuel burning. In other words, we’re standing still on this, not making an improvement. Not adding to is, is not good enough.
Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity
Submitted 16 hours ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to energy@slrpnk.net
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2rz08en2po
Valmond@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Every right winger 5 years ago: Impossible!
pulsewidth@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Every right winger today: lies!
toofpic@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Every right winger tomorrow: “But think of all the diesel trucks that have to drive and service the wind turbines!” (an actual thing I’ve heard)
drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 hours ago
Interesting to note that this is being spearheaded by lower-income developing nations.
There were those on the left who were worried that the phase out of fossil fuels would be like the developed nations pulling the ladder up behind themselves. But with the way things are going now countries in the global south may actually end up leapfrogging the imperial core, as they build out cleaner and more advanced infrastructure.
Sunshine@piefed.social 12 hours ago
Yup, with people stupidly voting against climate action in Canada, US and Europe.
troed@fedia.io 11 hours ago
This had always been a faulty line of thinking by those who claim that the less-developed world would start to use as many resources as the developed world already had.
Like, no. Why would the bury copperlines all over the place instead of just going mobile directly. Rinse and repeat for everything else - like using solar instead of coal.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 6 hours ago
Conservatives parroting fossil fuel propaganda):
China:
Just does the thing
Sunshine@piefed.social 12 hours ago
They always say anything “good is impossible”