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About 40% of the world's power generation is now renewable::About 40% of the world's power generation is now renewable

		83% of new power capacity created in 2022 was renewable, according to a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The report takes stock of the world's renewable en
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (7 children)

I'd love to know how much that percentage fluctuates with seasons, but on a global scale. Does summer in Australia compensate for winter in America, and vice versa, so that the sum is still 40% throughout the year?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Definitely not. There's much less land mass in the southern hemisphere, so there's also less utilisation of natural energy. Speaking as an Australian we're also not super great at embracing the whole renewables thing so that definitely comes into it too lol.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

We emit the same level of CO2 via coal mining as the USA. And we're increasing that every year

https://climatetrace.org/inventory

We're the WORST in the world per capita.

Fucking shameful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Coal billionaires are getting more money tho, so who’s to say if it is all that bad.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, at least those billionaires are able to exploit the natural resources to gain more money each year. I guess we should be thankful for that.

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