I know this is hard.
I know we don’t want to hear it.
I don’t *want* to hear it.
But this is what we are doing https://mastodon.social/@urlyman/117557151808511802
@dragonfrog in 2025, CO2 emissions were ~38GT. The projections for 2026 are ~38GT.
Most of those 76,000,000,000* tonnes will be in the atmosphere for significantly more than a human lifetime. Renewables are made with fossil fuels.
(*140x the weight of all humans in 2 years)
These are the pertinent factors
…It doesn’t matter how large the growth of the installation of renewables is if they do not reduce emissions by at least 8% a year starting many years ago.
They are not enough.
Not remotely.
Face it