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Bread and Circuses (@breadandcircuses) · 11/2022 · Tröts: 3.983 · Folger: 9.345
Do 11.07.2024 14:15
Every year the world is generating much more electricity from renewables, especially wind power and solar power.
Yay! Good job. Right?
Only sort of. Because this will NOT prevent catastrophic climate and environmental breakdown — unless it is coupled with an overall reduction in total energy output.
We need to slow down, not speed up.
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World CO₂ emissions and energy consumption continue to rise. Emissions have increased at twice the rate so far in 2024 as in 2022 or 2023. Current atmospheric CO₂ concentration has increased to 426.9 ppm, up from 421.9 in December 2023.
The problem is that emissions will continue to rise as long as electric power use increases. Despite a four-fold expansion of wind and solar electric power generation by 2050, world carbon emissions are expected to climb because total generation will rise 14 gigawatt hours by then.
It’s time to abandon the fantasy that technology will save us. Technological fixes have consistently failed to deliver on their promises. The only effective course of action is to reduce overall energy consumption.
There is a time for hope, but also a time for honesty. Under the current strategy of international conferences and public spending on wealth transfer schemes disguised as green deals, there is no realistic scenario for successful decarbonization.
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If you put on your rose-colored glasses and squint your eyes, it *might* look as if we are making progress. But it is WAY too slow, too little, and too late.
We need #degrowth now.
FULL ARTICLE -- https://www.artberman.com/blog/lets-stop-arguing-about-an-imaginary-energy-transition/
#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual
Graph shows the projected rise in total electrical power generation from 2022 through 2050, as described in post and in linked article. Although solar and wind power generation are expected to grow substantially, fossil fuel use will not decline. A large proportion of electric power generation will still come from coal, oil, and natural gas by 2050.
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