Sure, we are terribly behind schedule and will take losses for it (in what form I do not know, but for sure it won’t be pretty).
But we need more and more energy and will need more, and even that growth in that graphic is not enough to prevent fossil fuel use from growing.
At least until people wisen up that we’ll just need to learn to make do with less energy per capita… I’m not convinced that part will ever happen.
Not to mention I’m not sure how much wind and solar you can do at the same time in the world. At some point everyone will need the same materials…
With proper midigations it’s fast more eco friendly than the natural gas power plants were still building more of to make up for the fact that solar only ouputs in the day and we can only spin up new lithium mines and battery factories so fast.
I would point out that hydropower may be renewable but isn’t necessarily environmentally friendly. Especially if you live somewhere with salmon.
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It’s super destructive to the ecology of waterways though.
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Same issue as nuclear though, building a dam takes years, time we don’t really have.
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Sure, we are terribly behind schedule and will take losses for it (in what form I do not know, but for sure it won’t be pretty).
But we need more and more energy and will need more, and even that growth in that graphic is not enough to prevent fossil fuel use from growing. At least until people wisen up that we’ll just need to learn to make do with less energy per capita… I’m not convinced that part will ever happen.
Not to mention I’m not sure how much wind and solar you can do at the same time in the world. At some point everyone will need the same materials…
The bulk of what is being installed is solar and wind
Yes, but also some hydro.
With proper midigations it’s fast more eco friendly than the natural gas power plants were still building more of to make up for the fact that solar only ouputs in the day and we can only spin up new lithium mines and battery factories so fast.