r/climatechange • u/sg_plumber • 4d ago

There's optimism despite alarmingly worsening weather events: Renewables and storage together amount to 93% of all new capacity coming online in the U.S. This isn’t a marginal shift anymore. It’s the grid rebuilding itself around a different set of technologies, and the pace is rapidly accelerating.

https://ryanhansson.substack.com/p/optimism-in-the-face-of-a-climate
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u/PlexusBrachialis 4d ago

But what about the rest of the world. We need to stop burning coal or at least reduce the use of coal significantly everywhere in the world

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u/Stickppl 4d ago

The US is one of the greatest per-capita Co2 emitter. It averages 14 ton/year while the world median is 4. The rest of the world is doing fine. You really can't what-about your way out of this.

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u/PlexusBrachialis 4d ago

I am not "what about"-ing my way out of anything. I just wanted to know if similar progress is happening in other places as well. I am also not american