The memes of the climate

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[–] zloubida@sh.itjust.works [S] 0 points 1 week ago (1 child)

I just think you’re confusing "better" with "good." Are these figures better? Yes, slightly. Are they encouraging? No, they remain catastrophic. We are far—really, very far—from the figures needed to avoid a collapse. Just look at this graph from the report you’re citing. It’s still rising, and it’s going to keep rising. And simply converting a portion—even a majority—of the increase in demand won’t bring that curve down (and to quote your report again, it was low energy demand that made these results possible, they say that in the first paragraph).

Now, get me right: I am not opposed to renewable energy. It is the way forward. But industry uses renewables to slow down the transition, promising a "green" future without requiring any significant changes to our habits. That is a lie. A lie that will cost millions of lives. Renewable energy can only work as a solution if energy demand drops drastically; if we use it to keep increasing consumption, it is completely counterproductive.

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https://www.iea.org/reports/global-energy-review-2026/technology-solar-pv-and-wind#abstract

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 0 points 1 week ago (1 child)

Just look at this graph from the report you’re citing.

I prefer this one ;)

and this one:

https://explore.openelectricity.org.au/energy/nem/?range=all&interval=1M&view=discrete-time&group=Detailed&hide=battery_charging%2Cpumps%2Ccoal_brown%2Ccoal_black%2Cbioenergy_biomass%2Cdistillate%2Cgas_steam%2Cgas_ccgt%2Cgas_ocgt%2Cgas_recip%2Cgas_wcmg%2Chydro%2Cwind%2Csolar_utility%2Csolar_rooftop

and this one:

Analysis: Wind and solar power overtake fossil fuels in Germany for first time ever

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-wind-and-solar-power-overtake-fossil-fuels-in-germany-for-first-time-ever

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A lie that will cost millions of lives

Eh 60-75 million people died in ww2 and that was entirely man made problem, I'm just thankful renewables are somewhat economically competitive at all otherwise that co2 graph you pointed out earlier would be a straight line going vertical

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[–] zloubida@sh.itjust.works [S] 0 points 1 week ago (1 child)

That's called cherrypicking. The importance of statistics is not linked to the good feelings they provide. Germany and Australia could be net-zero today, that wouldn't change the global problem at all. The worldwide statistics are enough, and they're horrible. A little better, but still very much horrible.

I'm just thankful renewables are somewhat economically competitive at all otherwise that co2 graph you pointed out earlier would be a straight line going vertical

That won't make a big difference. It's not much better than a straight line… and it's without taking into account the other kinds of pollution, as dangerous as CO2, the deforestation, the free fall of biodiversity, the “tipping points” we're trespassing (and that we may wouldn't have trespassed without the industrial lie about “green energy”).

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