Renewables are proving no match for the world’s appetite for fossil fuels | As leaders struggle to hammer out a deal on climate change at COP28, global carbon emissions continue to rise
by silence7
Renewables are proving no match for the world’s appetite for fossil fuels | As leaders struggle to hammer out a deal on climate change at COP28, global carbon emissions continue to rise
by silence7
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For context, [2023 has the potential to be the year of peak emissions](https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-global-co2-emissions-could-peak-as-soon-as-2023-iea-data-reveals/), after which they start to drop. Atmospheric concentrations will continue to rise until we stop adding to them though.
>Over 1 million vehicles have been sold in the United States this year, with an estimated 14 million sold worldwide.
The notion that it helps is funny. Electric bicycles are doing way more for climate than electric cars.
But it is a good metaphor. Electric cars are adding on top of old, there isn’t enough replacement. That’s what the report refers to: the energy mix https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-energy-substitution which is, of course, about how profit-driven corporations and markets will use the added energy to make even higher profits, instead of taking out fossil fuels.