A decline in fossil fuel power is now ‘inevitable’, the report’s authors say.
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This article is about global electricity production, not all energy combined. This is an important nuance, as much energy consumption uses fossil fuels directly, namely cars, many (older) house or industrial processes. Only a small fraction of this is electricity, and in the grander scheme, the “renewable” part is only a fraction: https://ourworldindata.org/energy-production-consumption.
So, while this is a step in the good direction, it is only a very small one.
@BlackLaZoR@[email protected] would you mind updating the title to reflect this?
Indeed https://www.artberman.com/blog/lets-stop-arguing-about-an-imaginary-energy-transition/
I have updated the title. I do believe however that in the context of exponential growth of renewable energy this isn’t a massive difference
EVs should pass 20% of the market share this year, and with their sales steadily increasing, I wouldn’t be surprised if the global EV market share passes 50% before the end of the decade, so the faster we get electricity production 100% renewable, the more removing ICE vehicles will be effective