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Re:Paris Agreement thresholds crossed by marcosdumay on Monday August 12, 2024 @12:42PM (#41226486)
Those governments that like to spend their billions in useless climate agreements could try doing something useful for a change and work out a carbon tax with punishment for defectors instead of putting random targets on a dart board.

Electricity generation is kinda of a solved issue, but a tax would really speed-up industry electrification and grid storage. It could also come with subsides for open-air capture and synthetic fuels, or maybe some direct spending on those.

Re:Paris Agreement thresholds crossed by oezi on Monday August 12, 2024 @12:51PM (#41226586)
We are at a turning point for electricity generation because electricity will be so cheap and plentiful in a couple of years during summer and during the day that we likely don't know what to do with it.
Re:Paris Agreement thresholds crossed by chrsw on Monday August 12, 2024 @01:24PM (#41227008)
I'm not infomred. Why will electricity be so cheap? Also, aren't renewables going to require a lot of batteries?
Re:Paris Agreement thresholds crossed by marcosdumay on Monday August 12, 2024 @07:10PM (#41230412)
Reread the GP, because you are claiming it says something that isn't there.

And if some question still remains, take a look at the recent trends for photovoltaic panels.