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The growth of renewables, particularly solar, is on pace to replace a pretty large proportion of fossil fuels "for free" by being more economically viable. Tran
by colechristensen 3y ago
The growth of renewables, particularly solar, is on pace to replace a pretty large proportion of fossil fuels "for free" by being more economically viable. Transitioning most people and industry from ICE to electric and things like heating to more electric is going to happen naturally, but it'll take a few decades. Likewise it's reasonable to believe the biosphere is going to ramp up carbon sinking as time goes by. A stopgap of dimming the sun with sulfur for... eh... 20 years might just be the ticket.
- TremendousJudge 3y ago> is on pace to replace a pretty large proportion of fossil fuels Is it? According to ourwoldindata[0], fossil fuel usage is growing worldwide. ie more fossil fuels are being burned now than ever before. [0] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-fossil-fuel-consumption https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-fossil-fuel-consum...
- colechristensen 3y agoYes. Solar is growing at an exponential rate, fossil fuel growth rates have been slowing. Solar and wind growth rates should be expected to continue increasing, fossil fuel growth should reach zero in the next decade and start a long term decline. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_of_photovoltaics https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_of_photovoltaics I’m talking about the second derivative of usage not the first.