Claes de Vreese ☑️And now something positive:
solar and wind energy production in the EU surpasses fossil energy for the first time.
☀️ 💨
Source: https://dr.dk
zimward@claesdevreese sadly that's only true if looks at electricity production exclusively. in total most of primary energy is still sourced from fossil fuels (ie. heating, etc)
Ariaflame@zimward @claesdevreese There is increasing electrification of heating though via heat pumps.
@ariaflame @claesdevreese sure, but at the current rate it will take many decades to remove all usage of fossil fuels, especially in transportation and the industrial sector
@zimward @claesdevreese Possibly, but it is ramping up faster than people expected, and the more renewables come online, the easier it is to make more renewables cleanly. And while it would be nice to remove all usage, I suspect we won't get to that point, the point is to reduce the usage to the point where the planet can cope.
@ariaflame @claesdevreese the point where the effects are manageable already requires negative emissions though. but it is indeed nice to see that some trends aren't working against us. but one still has to be careful and not focus on just electricity since the grand total still looks pretty bleak.
@zimward @claesdevreese Negative net emissions. So we need plants etc. to be absorbing more than we are emitting. There are sinks for the gases. We can shift some of our other energy usage to electricity which we can fuel by RE. We can use solar for heat generation for at least low level heat requirements. It's possible, the trick is to make it affordable and appealing at the same time as making using fossil fuels unaffordable and unappealing.