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- Comment on US would reach 100% renewable energy by 2148 at current pace 5 months ago:
I meant it more as a statement of fact, “most of the world is leaving the US behind”. You are 100% correct on the “why”.
- Comment on US would reach 100% renewable energy by 2148 at current pace 5 months ago:
How do they compare with China in terms of energy use per capita? China is the world’s factory, this level of industrial output requires a lot of energy.
- Comment on US would reach 100% renewable energy by 2148 at current pace 5 months ago:
These graphs is not how it works, progress (in China and other sane-ish parts of the world) will probably speed up in the near future and then slow down as we run out of low-hanging fruit. You can’t project the behavior of extremely complex systems like this. See also:
But yeah in general US is clearly getting left behind on things that will matter this century. Hopefully it won’t manage to drag the rest of us down with them.
