Bread and Circuses on Nostr: The article I highlighted in my last post () contains an image I’d like you to look ...
The article I highlighted in my last post (
https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses/110939408594723941) contains an image I’d like you to look at (see below).
In this overview of global energy consumption, there is a slight dip in 2020 when the COVID lockdown impacted energy use across the board. But notice two things:
1️⃣ That dip in 2020 quickly repaired itself in 2021, with fossil fuel use continuing its upward trajectory as if nothing had ever happened.
2️⃣ Energy produced by renewables is still minuscule compared to energy derived from fossil fuels. Renewables-based energy sits like tasty frosting atop the massive poisonous cake that is fossil fuel-based energy.
Over 80% of the world’s energy continues to be sourced from oil, coal, and gas. Only about 5% comes from wind and solar combined.
That’s not nearly good enough, and it’s why we are all passengers on a train heading straight off a cliff.
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Capitalism #CO2 #Emissions
CHART SOURCE:
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-consumption-by-source-and-country?stackMode=absolute NOTE: My description of the chart is adapted from Steve Genco’s (@sjgenco) in this article —
https://archive.ph/tjEwY 
Published at
2023-08-23 17:32:32Event JSON
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