silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year agoWorld Appears on Track to Triple Renewable Power by 2030e360.yale.eduexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down10cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up139arrow-down1external-linkWorld Appears on Track to Triple Renewable Power by 2030e360.yale.edusilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
minus-squarelntllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agowe’re tripling by 2030. by what factor would we need to increase to match fossil fuel production output? how close are we?
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoIf it happened instantly, we’d need about 12x more renewables than we have now to replace all final energy consumption. Total final energy consumption is likely to go up over time though, so by 2030, we’d need more than 12x current numbers.
we’re tripling by 2030. by what factor would we need to increase to match fossil fuel production output? how close are we?
If it happened instantly, we’d need about 12x more renewables than we have now to replace all final energy consumption. Total final energy consumption is likely to go up over time though, so by 2030, we’d need more than 12x current numbers.