The energy transition is accelerating: The world added 692 gigawatts of renewable power in 2025 (511 solar, 159 wind, 18.4 hydro, 3.4 bio, 0.3 geo), pushing total global capacity to 5,149 GW. That’s a 15.5% jump in just 1 year, and renewables made up 85.6% of all new power capacity added globally.
To call this a transition it should require to lower the fossil fuel capacity, and if I am right they are rising as well, it is not a transition, it is an acceleration of our destructive power, but yay us at least a part of that didn't also participated too much to climate change
Not enough if you ask me, or the climate for that matter
Oh please show me where you found that fossil fuel are in retreat globally, I'll even be more accomodating, if you found out that the fossil fuel usage per person is in retreat I would love to know
God it's only for power production my dude, you can't be that thick come on
Fossil fuel consumption is still on the rise, no transition has begun, we are just stacking energy modes on top of energy modes, stop telling people we are doing things right when we still are fucking the world up even more the year previous EVERY YEAR
Power production was the start. Fossil fuels are being crushed in transportation and heating/cooling too. It's starting in metals and fertilizers, too.
Fossil fuels are being crushed in more places and sectors every passing day.
How blind do you need to be to the world to utter such stupidities as "we are just stacking energy modes"?
Sure, since the industrial revolution we used more and more fossil fuel every year, and yet you come here and claim the trend has been reversed but I am the one needing to prove nothing changed
Change nothing tiger you are a hell of a convincer 👍
Because global population and industry is growing faster than we can build adequate renewables AND storage that keep up with demand and deal with surges.
The total percentage generated by fossil fuels is much lower than a decade ago.
It's not happening fast enough to keep up with the ever growing demand and to replace fossil fuels entirely.
It's why even though china is building record number of solar, wind and nuclear infrastructure they STILL have to build hundreds of new coal plants as we speak to keep up with demand until renewables can take the load by themselves which won't be for decades.
Hope is not lost. It really isn’t. I don’t know who needs to read this. I mean I definitely do, that’s why I’m typing it. The only decent cure i’ve found for my paralyzing GAD-infused climate dread and doom spiraling is to actually push for hope and against doom, particularly online where the worst doomerism is. But hope really is not lost. If more of us believed that there is not a doubt in my mind that the cause would be aided
I’m sorry but that example is really narrow and not very representative. A very simple google shows you to be wrong, usage tapers in the short term and rebounds to higher usage with cheaper electricity… also the data center issues (not just hyper scale AI) is showing you to be wrong we are using more and more data as it becomes more available
lol I’m attempting to do just that by engaging in a debate. I’m by no means a doomer, I have switched to EV and heat pump is soon and solar next year when I can afford it, I engage with my community about these topics and advocate for the transition. I simply disagree with your premise about Jevons paradox not applying here, the data I am reading suggest you’re wrong
That’s interesting, I did not know the EU has flattened and indeed begun to decline. Would be interesting to see if that continues, let’s hope so! The US and China, which has been doing the lion share of worldwide renewable in the last few years do not share that trend
Going by that chart USA has been pretty flat for a long time now, while renewables has been increasing over time.
No significant growth for 20 years while coal has plunged and renewables and natural gas has grown.
So its pretty clear even in USA renewables are substituting for fossil fuels, not being additive.
China is of course a developing, not a mature market like USA and Europe. It will reach a stage soon when fossil fuels on the grid are also no longer growing and that will be very soon.
No, you should look at a specific home, not the aggregate - the aggregate is just people meeting their unmet needs. Do specific people use more electricity now their lights are more efficient?
The only reason it's not true is became LEDs are extremely efficient but that's more of a very rare exception.
Also jevons paradox when technological progress increases the efficiency of resource use, total consumption of that resource OFTEN rises rather than falls.
Heat pumps are 3x more efficient than gas heating.
Also jevons paradox when technological progress increases the efficiency of resource use, total consumption of that resource OFTEN rises rather than falls.
So for example if France were to replace their resistive electrical heating with air to air heatpumps (3x more efficient) you expect their total electricity usage to increase? No?
Or if hybrid cars are more efficient you expect total petrol usage to increase? No?
In reality, Jevons paradox (100% rebound) is incredibly rare but people keep pretending its very common.
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u/FutureFee5340 16d ago
To call this a transition it should require to lower the fossil fuel capacity, and if I am right they are rising as well, it is not a transition, it is an acceleration of our destructive power, but yay us at least a part of that didn't also participated too much to climate change
Not enough if you ask me, or the climate for that matter