I like the positive spin of this article, and I think it’s required to keep people motivated about renewables and their impact on climate change, but… another way to phrase this headline is, “Renewables not keeping up with new demand, much less yesterday’s ‘baseline’ requirement.”
It’s not as positive, believe me I know. And I am not poking at all of this amazing progress. My point is, this article tells me we aren’t actually putting a dent in the problem that got us to this point, which was - all by itself - going to keep temperatures moving higher. I feel we are moving into a feedback loop, with higher temps and modernizing countries leading to evermore increased energy consumption.
If renewables growth can’t keep up with demand growth, we need more, and more options, to give the next generation a fighting chance.
The key is to lower emissions. However electricity is only a part of the transition. For a lot of the rest, the key is to electrify the processes. Heatpumps and EVs are two clear examples However both are much more efficent the their fossil fuel alternative in fact to the point that using 100%gas power plant electricity would lower emissions for them. Obviously at that point the only thing needed is to clean the grid, which already started.
I like the positive spin of this article, and I think it’s required to keep people motivated about renewables and their impact on climate change, but… another way to phrase this headline is, “Renewables not keeping up with new demand, much less yesterday’s ‘baseline’ requirement.”
It’s not as positive, believe me I know. And I am not poking at all of this amazing progress. My point is, this article tells me we aren’t actually putting a dent in the problem that got us to this point, which was - all by itself - going to keep temperatures moving higher. I feel we are moving into a feedback loop, with higher temps and modernizing countries leading to evermore increased energy consumption.
If renewables growth can’t keep up with demand growth, we need more, and more options, to give the next generation a fighting chance.
The key is to lower emissions. However electricity is only a part of the transition. For a lot of the rest, the key is to electrify the processes. Heatpumps and EVs are two clear examples However both are much more efficent the their fossil fuel alternative in fact to the point that using 100%gas power plant electricity would lower emissions for them. Obviously at that point the only thing needed is to clean the grid, which already started.