… This is addressed in 4/5 of the links I posted lol.
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burgersc12@mander.xyz 6 months agoEverything is under control, just don’t look up exponential temperature increase
blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 6 months ago
burgersc12@mander.xyz 6 months ago
Right cause ~ 5% of energy being generated by renewables is such a big help!!
blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Do any of you cite or do you just enjoy clinging to doomer YouTube videos with sketchy sources and a reach so far they may as well be Mr. Fantastic? Propaganda hitting y’all hard.
Most first world nations are far above 5%. I see some 10-20 year old data that suggests around 5… we are well above that in the USA, let alone the world.
Renewable energy generates over 20% of all U.S. electricity , and that percentage continues to grow. The following graphic breaks down the shares of total electricity production in 2022 among the types of renewable power: In 2022, annual U.S. renewable energy generation surpassed coal for the first time in history.
www.energy.gov/eere/renewable-energy
In 2022, 38% of the world’s electricity was delivered by carbon-free generation sources (nuclear, hydropower, and combined renewables), similar to 2021. The global electricity system is still mostly powered by fossil energy, but it is undergoing an increasingly rapid rate of change.
burgersc12@mander.xyz 6 months ago
38% of electricity. Check here it says about 1% is “renewable” energy (which still relies on fossil fuels to be constructed)
AA5B@lemmy.world 6 months ago
One of the many reasons we weren’t able to get on top of climate change is it’s a long term process. Actions we take now, have consequences in years to come. We are making progress with the human causes of climate change, but if you’re looking at actual temperature change, the result, you’ll need to look ahead
burgersc12@mander.xyz 6 months ago
The problem is even if we 100% fix climate change we are still gonna devastate the planet, well kill off our society at the least. Like we can’t remove 90% of biomass and expect no repercussions down the foodchain, we can’t keep overfishing and expect fish to still be there, and we can’t expect our crops to grow when we destroy the topsoil ecosystem. We are fucked
AA5B@lemmy.world 6 months ago
There have always been existential threats and it’s certainly true now, but it hasn’t happened yet. A bit of a tautology, but where there’s hope, there’s hope. As long as we don’t give up, as long as we tackle the important issues ahead, as long as we can picture the society that can live past it, we can make it happen
burgersc12@mander.xyz 6 months ago
Who is we? We seem intent on killing 99% of us to keep 1% happy
TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Right.? Self-deception is a helluva drug.