Re:After seven years of Brexit talks, Europe has emerged as ...
by bryanlarsen on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @06:54PM
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> (the waste problem).
The waste problem isn't solved. It's entirely a political problem rather than a technical problem, but it's still a problem.
> we will have been burning fossil fuels for over a century by the time we actually learn to live with solar at a scale relevant to climate change.
In 2015, wind&solar was 5.7% of US electricity generation. In 2021 it was 13%. In 2022 it was 16.5%. How can you extrapolate from that and come up with a century?
The waste problem isn't solved. It's entirely a political problem rather than a technical problem, but it's still a problem.
> we will have been burning fossil fuels for over a century by the time we actually learn to live with solar at a scale relevant to climate change.
In 2015, wind&solar was 5.7% of US electricity generation. In 2021 it was 13%. In 2022 it was 16.5%. How can you extrapolate from that and come up with a century?