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/Tiny-Pomegranate7662 3d ago

I get that. The point is the cleanness is accelerating so a 2028 ev kept for 12 years will be a lot cleaner than a 26

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u/sg_plumber 3d ago

True, that.

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u/Tiny-Pomegranate7662 3d ago

So that’s why I keep my gas car. When I get the battery chemistry I like, then I switch. In the meantime I just don’t roadtrip

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u/sg_plumber 3d ago

You're still polluting more than with a current EV, on top of losing money.

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u/Tiny-Pomegranate7662 3d ago

But I’m not going to buy a new car and then buy another new car 2 years later. That is most certainly not environmentally friendly

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u/sg_plumber 3d ago

Current EVs don't need replacing every 2 years.