emissions down in last 10 months of 2024. Very likely that trailing 12 months are down too (not covered in article, but something they will pick up)
emissions down in last 10 months of 2024. Very likely that trailing 12 months are down too (not covered in article, but something they will pick up)
US reductions are based on
China’s electricity consumption grew 8% last year. Typical since 2000. US electricity has been pretty stable since 2007.
meanwhile in china
https://www.carbonbrief.org/chinas-construction-of-new-coal-power-plants-reached-10-year-high-in-2024/
hell yeah! build those coal power plants
emissions is a function of how much coal plants are used. Plan is likely backup power. OP reports less coal electricity use in 2024. More solar will reduce it more. Europe has declined fossil electricity by over 10% this year. China’s growth is just extremely high, but they too will have large declines soon.
Ok but right now in terms of putting actual runs on the board America is doing better than China, the inflation reduction act was also gold
I’ve noticed that shitting on America seems to be acceptable but shitting on China for their obscene co2 emissions comes with caveats like: the plan is likely… in the future it should… soon there will be…
Meanwhile the US and EU:
Your graph will make China look better when it includes 2024. The only thing you can control on energy mix is growth rate. Adding more fast enough. You should go easy on praise for US, as Ukraine war is both a massive emission increase, and scramble for new “good oil” supply developments, and deprioritization of global sustainability. The IRA, while better than nothing, is a scheme to protect monopoly profits using “climate change as a profitability/relevance economic engine” for the US market, and the solar/battery/EV tariffs designed to make actual progress as slow as possible.