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Wind and solar overtook coal on the US grid in 2024 | The renewable energy sources together generated more electricity than coal-fired power plants from January to November of this year. (www.canarymedia.com)
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[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It being 2024 does this depress anyone as much as I.

[–] silence7 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

This shouldn't be depressing; it means the cost advantage that renewables have is causing them to displace fossil fuel use, at least at a national level in the US. There's the potential for that to start happening globally over the next year.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 14 hours ago

yeah I just meant that coal is the worst and they had to combine two of the best to get it more and that was for only two months and we are a quarter way through the century. I mean it depresses me this did not happen a decade ago.