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Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by CGMthrowaway on Monday August 24, 2026 @06:10PM (#49426531)
We are doing a lot. Almost 90% of electricity capacity added last year was renewables. Nearly 1 in 3 cars sold are now EVs. The world is spending over $2 trillion every year on low‑carbon energy investment. Solar and wind have already avoided more than 2 gigatons of CO2 being added to the atmosphere. In the US, the IRA will drop emissions 40% to below 2005 levels.

What do you mean we are doing nothing?

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Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by rcpt on Monday August 24, 2026 @06:56PM (#49426962)
The federal government is paying energy companies to cancel plans to build wind farms:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1e1vg0gjl5o

Yes we're still building renewable energy, but goddamn is our government making it hard.

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Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by api on Monday August 24, 2026 @07:36PM (#49427292)
We are still building renewable energy even with a stupid government because it's now cheaper than fossil fuels in many markets.
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Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by CGMthrowaway on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @09:12AM (#49448539)
Those are refunds of money already paid, it's not any extra money
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Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by thrance on Monday August 24, 2026 @07:23PM (#49427185)
That's added capacity. Fossil fuel use is at an all times high. Everything else is meaningless.
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Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by CGMthrowaway on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @07:34AM (#49432165)
Peak oil is not really a thing anymore, we are on to global mean surface temperatures now.
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Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by asdfman123 on Monday August 24, 2026 @06:44PM (#49426868)
No, you see, US bad
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Re:Oceans hit highest temperature on record by ColdStream on Monday August 24, 2026 @08:47PM (#49427792)
We are doing loads, I just fear we cannot outrun Jevon's paradox. Until we start actively reducing emissions, we are just adding to the scale of consumption with no end in sight.

That we are still adding any fossil fuel based system today is something I would have figured would have stopped by now. I figured we would still have some legacy stuff, but overall would be decommissioning more than we would add. Instead, we just add to everything.

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