So, konzentrieren wir uns jetzt mal bewusst auf das Positive:
- Boom bei erneuerbaren Energien, Batterien und Elektroautos
- Fortschritte bei CO2 freiem Stahl und Schiffen
- Mehr Jobs in Umweltbranche als in Kohle
Klimapolitik bringt uns voran!
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Trotz Klimakrise gibt es Entwicklungen, die Mut machen, sagt Klimapolitik-Fachmann Niklas Höhne. Noch reichten die Erfolge bei Weitem nicht aus. Doch wenn die Transformation gelinge, "dann ist die Welt hinterher eine bessere".
1. To opinions! Solar is the cheapest source of bulk electricity in many countries, and the quickest to deploy, and now you couldn't stop it being built if you wanted to. The limits to PV build in most places are grid access, permitting, and sometimes installation labour.
2. Nearly 20 years ago when I got this job, I thought maybe solar would one day be 1% of global electricity supply. Last year it was 6% worldwide, and rising fast.
title text: An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.
(https://xkcd.com/2948)
(https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2948)
How Ariadne helped Theseus survive the Labyrinth:
A Thread.
Es ist eine Zäsur für die Bayerischen Motorenwerke: Bei BMW in München läuft der letzte Verbrennermotor vom Band, nach 60 Jahren. Der Standort in der bayerischen Landeshauptstadt hat seine Produktion auf Elektroautos umgestellt. Das sind die Pläne.
Hey @TechConnectify did you see this? Interesting article on why streetlights have been turning purple in a bunch of major cities. (Found in this week's Tom Scott newsletter).
If I had to pick one chart from the Statistical Review of World Energy released today https://www.energyinst.org/statistical-review it would be this one. As you read all The Takes on this data, remember this one, and what it shows: The ONLY energy source with a growing share is renewables. Renewables (excluding hydro) met 84% of net electricity demand growth in 2022.
Now imagine what this chart will look like in 2030.
The Energy Institute is, as of 2023, the home of the Statistical Review of World Energy, published previously for more than 70 years by bp. The Statistical Review analyses data on world energy markets from the prior year. It has been providing timely, comprehensive and objective data to the energy community since 1952.