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We are doing a lot. Almost 90% of electricity capacity added last year was renewables. Nearly 1 in 3 cars sold are now EVs. The world is spending over $2 trilli

We are doing a lot. Almost 90% of electricity capacity added last year was renewables. Nearly 1 in 3 cars sold are now EVs. The world is spending over $2 trillion every year on low‑carbon energy investment. Solar and wind have already avoided more than 2 gigatons of C02 being added to the atmosphere. In the US, the IRA will drop emissions 40% to below 2005 levels. What do you mean we are doing very little?

logtempo 3mo ago
It should be at the level od the economy of war but worldwide. The majority reacted too late to have the possibility to act slowly.
bluefirebrand 3mo ago
> We are doing a lot. Almost 90% of electricity capacity added last year was renewables New capacity being electric is fine but we need to be actively removing fossil fuels from existing capacity, which isn't actually happening. We're just building new capacity on top of old existing fossil fuels. So sure, it's nice that a majority of new capacity is green, but we're still burning more fossil fuels year over year
akamaka 3mo ago
I’ve had the same discussion with many people, and when I tell them how much work is done on cleaning up carbon emissions, the reply is always “well… it’s not enough”. And of course, they don’t have a sense of what is “enough”. They don’t really understand it in a factual, measurable way, but just are interesting in what the overall story is, and what it says about humanity failing.
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- myaccountonhn 3mo ago
  Both can be true: we are doing a lot, and it's not enough.
  - akamaka 3mo ago
    That’s a true statement about most human endeavours through all of history, so I’m not sure what your point is.
- AlecSchueler 3mo ago
  Are we measurably slowing down the warming effect?
  - akamaka 3mo ago
    Yes, progress on renewable energy has virtually ruled out the extreme climate change scenarios that seemed possible 20 years ago (4-10°C warming).

logtempo 3mo ago

It should be at the level od the economy of war but worldwide. The majority reacted too late to have the possibility to act slowly.

bluefirebrand 3mo ago

> We are doing a lot. Almost 90% of electricity capacity added last year was renewables New capacity being electric is fine but we need to be actively removing fossil fuels from existing capacity, which isn't actually happening. We're just building new capacity on top of old existing fossil fuels. So sure, it's nice that a majority of new capacity is green, but we're still burning more fossil fuels year over year

akamaka 3mo ago

I’ve had the same discussion with many people, and when I tell them how much work is done on cleaning up carbon emissions, the reply is always “well… it’s not enough”. And of course, they don’t have a sense of what is “enough”. They don’t really understand it in a factual, measurable way, but just are interesting in what the overall story is, and what it says about humanity failing.

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myaccountonhn 3mo ago
Both can be true: we are doing a lot, and it's not enough.
- akamaka 3mo ago
  That’s a true statement about most human endeavours through all of history, so I’m not sure what your point is.
AlecSchueler 3mo ago
Are we measurably slowing down the warming effect?
- akamaka 3mo ago
  Yes, progress on renewable energy has virtually ruled out the extreme climate change scenarios that seemed possible 20 years ago (4-10°C warming).