You're confusing "energy" and "electricity", as well as "primary vs final", both of which make things seem worse now and less likely to change in future. I tho

You're confusing "energy" and "electricity", as well as "primary vs final", both of which make things seem worse now and less likely to change in future. I thought the article I linked explained it well, but to summarize quickly: Moving heating and transport to electric reduces our energy needs dramatically, about a 4x difference. So if your energy is 80% fossil then you only need to double the 20% low carbon sources to account for 100% of your needs (while at the same time saving 100,000 lives and 1Trillion dollars in lung related health costs amongst other benefits) The new electric generation we need to build will be the cheapest currently available, which is renewables. In the US the new energy generation is already above 90% carbon free, and even the new gas built is designed to be run intermittently. America is at 60% fossil on its grid, which is 40% gas and 20% coal. This isn't great (it's ironic how often people here complain about the dirty Chinese grid when it would be the middle of the pack if it was a US State) but luckily the states with most of the people and energy use are moving quickly and the pace is increasing.