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[deleted] t1_isowt7v wrote
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FuturologyBot t1_isp6zgl wrote
The following submission statement was provided by /u/redingerforcongress:
> Carbon Monitor, an academic emissions tracker, estimates Chinese carbon dioxide emissions were down 2 percent, or 155 million tons, through August.
> European emissions are up 81 million tons, an increase of 4 percent over last year. Power plants accounted for 61 million tons of that increase, as the continent leaned into coal amid reduced output from the French nuclear fleet and weak hydro production.
> In the United States, EIA projects renewables will generate 22 percent of the country’s power this year, compared with 38 percent for gas and 20 percent for coal.
> Renewables are attractive to countries facing soaring costs because wind and solar have no fuel costs. They are also domestically produced. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine likely will prompt Europe to accelerate its shift to renewables, which the continent views as a source of energy security, wrote DNV analysts in the company’s annual energy outlook.
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Tech_Philosophy t1_isstwuv wrote
Mmm...this is the kind of headline that's a real sign of the times. I wish it had come sooner, but I honestly thought it might never happen.
ThisistheInfiniteIs t1_it8v8si wrote
This is great news, the sooner we can shut down filthy fossil fuel and nuclear plants the better. We need to step up and demand freedom from these incredibly damaging, and irresponsible industries and the greedy people who are destroying our childrens future for short term profit.
redingerforcongress OP t1_isoo4wx wrote
> Carbon Monitor, an academic emissions tracker, estimates Chinese carbon dioxide emissions were down 2 percent, or 155 million tons, through August.
> European emissions are up 81 million tons, an increase of 4 percent over last year. Power plants accounted for 61 million tons of that increase, as the continent leaned into coal amid reduced output from the French nuclear fleet and weak hydro production.
> In the United States, EIA projects renewables will generate 22 percent of the country’s power this year, compared with 38 percent for gas and 20 percent for coal.
> Renewables are attractive to countries facing soaring costs because wind and solar have no fuel costs. They are also domestically produced. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine likely will prompt Europe to accelerate its shift to renewables, which the continent views as a source of energy security, wrote DNV analysts in the company’s annual energy outlook.