Solar was nearly 5% of global electricity production in 2022, wind about 8%. @BloombergNEF Power Trends Transition report from Ana Paula Fonseca Teixeira, Sofia Maia, and team (paywall).
Gas and coal gave up a percentage point, to 57%, but we've still got a lot of work to do.
Europe needs to be self-sufficient in energy and build a strong infrastructure for its future survival. These proposals/studies are a necessary part of the search for solutions. In my view, they are not feasible at all in the time frame described, i.e. 2022-2070. Other strategic proposals need to be brought up.
For example, Africa is much closer to Europe than space, actually next door, and eager to develop, but instead of seeing Europe embracing African countries strategically ...
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Congressman Greg Casar Drafting Legislation to Connect Texas to the National Grids
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As the automobile world was transitioning to a new era of revolution that was becoming the best choice for the customers since they came with more added advantages and were cost-effective but due to skyrocketing prices of energy, the Unique selling proposition (USP) of electric vehicles could soon be lost. This unforeseen shift is poised […]
"An LGBTQ-affirming church in Texas was firebombed just weeks after right-wing activists visited it, pretending to be part of the LGBTQ+ community, and then posted a video to YouTube dubbing the church “pagan and satanic.”
https://www.advocate.com/crime/pro-lgbtq-church-firebombed-texas
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"An #EV is a good way to cut carbon #emissions, but so, it turns out, is a four-day workweek. Do them both, and a thousand other things—and fast—and we might have a shot. "
The first thing a good solar installer does is to make you beef up the insulation in your home: that way you need less solar on the roof.
S: build public transit and bike lanes first, then electrify the remaining cars.
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