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Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months ago

The rise of solar power and China's staggering EV growth may have pushed global emissions into decline

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The rise of solar power and China's staggering EV growth may have pushed global emissions into decline

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Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months ago

The world reaches a historic tipping point thanks to 'the most rapid change since the Industrial Revolution'

Renewable technologies are gathering speed, putting the world within reach of falling greenhouse gas emissions. Climate experts say they "struggle to wrap their heads around" the sheer size, scale and speed of the current transition.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/42839371

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We still need storage or alternative energy sources for nighttime and cloudy days.

Edit: weird, my other comment wasn’t showing up so I re commented and now both are showing
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  We can just remove the clouds and set up giant space mirrors.
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    Funny enough that is one potential solution. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-based_solar_power
    
    Probably simpler and cheaper to do wind power though.

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