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Re:Scientists caught off-guard by record temperatures linked... by teekert on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @07:13AM (#12171871)
Meh, I read everywhere that solar is taking over, electricity prices go negative, countries run for days on pure renewable energy and a solar company won a contract for a powerplant over all other contestants in Dubai. Electric cars are the future even it is was only for their performance, the increased amount of interior space and the ease of "fuel" distribution.

Admittedly, my country (Netherlands) is still fully on coal and the worst offender for CO2 emissions is apparently the large seafaring companies who we can only limit by buying more local (which is a trend anyway).

I'm not too worried, at least about the anthropocentric part of the deal. What will happen apart from that will happen anyway so also no need to worry about that.

Re:Scientists caught off-guard by record temperatures linked... by melling on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @07:27AM (#12171922)
Coal is the biggest source of electricity. it's 39% in the US and over 70% in China, for example:

https://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/global.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_in_China