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Well, it's quite simple. The US and the other developed economies have a static energy consumption. More of the energy is produced by renewables. Solar grows b
by credit_guy 3y ago
Well, it's quite simple.
The US and the other developed economies have a static energy consumption. More of the energy is produced by renewables. Solar grows by double digits each year, and wind grows less, but from a higher point. If you check the eia.gov site [1], you'll see that 60% comes from fossil fuel and 40% from nuclear + renewables. Wind and solar total about 10%. But the growth of wind and solar in one decade (2012-2022) was by a factor of 4.
China and India are still developing. Their energy use increases. They add a lot of renewables, but also a lot of coal. At some point they'll start reducing the coal, because the renewables will be more than capable of keeping up with increase in energy consumption.
You are grumbling that we put 1% more CO2 in the air. What exactly would you change?
[1] https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/electricity-in-the-us-generation-capacity-and-sales.php https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/electricity-...