> Moreover, merely developing the technology is not necessarily enough to get it actually adopted. The city I live in runs on 100% renewable power. It's wind a

> Moreover, merely developing the technology is not necessarily enough to get it actually adopted. The city I live in runs on 100% renewable power. It's wind and solar, generated both locally and remotely. One of the solar farms is not far from where I live. Year by year more people are putting solar on their homes. People like generating their own power. Look what's happening around the world. Pick some countries. Kenya's power generation is 80% renewable: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Statistics/Statistical_Profiles/Africa/Kenya_Africa_RE_SP.pdf https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Statistics/... https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210303-geothermal-the-immense-volcanic-power-beneath-our-feet https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210303-geothermal-the-i... The UK is putting in renewables everywhere they can. The renewable share of electricity generation is now 44%: https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cx1m7zg0gpet https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cx1m7zg0gpet https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Statistics/Statistical_Profiles/Europe/United-Kingdom_Europe_RE_SP.pdf?rev=43ec3aaa082d46b09f99a782f0576eb7 https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Statistics/... Australia's electricity generation is 22% renewable: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Statistics/Statistical_Profiles/Oceania/Australia_Oceania_RE_SP.pdf?rev=16d88d229b31476489f0173ea5d4884a https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Statistics/... The US is 19% renewable electricity generation. Renewables are trending up, fossil fuels are trending down: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Statistics/Statistical_Profiles/North-America/United-States-of-America_North-America_RE_SP.pdf https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Statistics/... Read reports on more countries: https://www.irena.org/Data/Energy-Profiles https://www.irena.org/Data/Energy-Profiles Global renewable electricity generation grew by 7.4% from 2019 to 2020. Solar grew by 22% and wind by 12%: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2022/Jul/IRENA_Renewable_energy_highlights_July_2022.pdf https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication... Nihilism, cynicism, and pessimism are all useless. Optimism is naive. The perspective you want to cultivate is meliorism. Everything else is wank.