Peak Coal: 2013. Peak Oil: 2023. Peak Natural Gas: Definitely before 2033. Peak Carbon: Before you know it. Where will the Greenwashers and the Oil and Gaslighters retreat to next? Saudi Oil Minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani once noted that
The Stone Age came to an end, but not for lack of stones.
Like the flint above.
The renewable energy revolution is happening faster than you think
Both China and the US, the world's top carbon emitters, are racing ahead with solar panels and wind turbines. It is even looking like we may soon see the beginning of the end for fossil fuels
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NYT: The Clean Energy Future Is Arriving Faster Than You Think
The United States is pivoting away from fossil fuels and toward wind, solar and other renewable energy, even in areas dominated by the oil and gas industries.
Across the country, a profound shift is taking place that is nearly invisible to most Americans. The nation that burned coal, oil and gas for more than a century to become the richest economy on the planet, as well as historically the most polluting, is rapidly shifting away from fossil fuels.
A similar energy transition is already well underway in Europe and elsewhere. But the United States is catching up, and globally, change is happening at a pace that is surprising even the experts who track it closely.
Wind and solar power are breaking records, and renewables are now expected to overtake coal by 2025 as the world’s largest source of electricity. Automakers have made electric vehicles central to their business strategies and are openly talking about an expiration date on the internal combustion engine. Heating, cooling, cooking and some manufacturing are going electric.
More than $1.7 trillion worldwide is expected to be invested in technologies such as wind, solar power, electric vehicles and batteries globally this year, according to the I.E.A., compared with just over $1 trillion in fossil fuels. That is by far the most ever spent on clean energy in a year.
More manufacturing than you think: Carbon-neutral cement, steel, and ammonia, for example. Even carbon-negative cement is being tested. Long-distance electric aircraft, which we have looked at before, as soon as the battery power density is great enough.