• MudMan@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    Doesn’t look that way to me, given that the change has been pretty smooth and shows up on specific regions and adjusting for outliers and inflation (and matches the rise in median income).

    More importantly, it’s not incompatible with global inequality on the rise. Different stats measure different things.

    Renewable energy beating expectations is the opposite of greenwashing, it specifically compares actual generated renewable energy against previous projections. If you want to poke holes into it for the sake of… denying anything good has ever happened, I guess? you should instead point out at how disproportionately that growth is driven by China.

    And again, that’s perfectly compatible with CO2 emissions going up. Different stats, different things.

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      2 months ago

      And again, that’s perfectly compatible with CO2 emissions going up. Different stats, different things.

      The only reason to care about renewables is if they prevent climate change. Why am I supposed to be happy solar panels exist, if CO2 emissions are increasing?