German goals to cut greenhouse emissions by 65% by 2030 are likely to be missed, meaning a longer-term net zero by a 2045 target is also in doubt, reports by government climate advisers and the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) show.
  •  argv_minus_one   ( @argv_minus_one@beehaw.org ) 
    1•10 months ago

    Two problems with that:

    1. Niche energy production methods don’t benefit from economies of scale, and may be cost-ineffective.
    2. “Drill, baby, drill” thinking led us to this point with fossil fuels; it can be similarly disastrous with biomass. The availability of profitable biomass energy will likely tempt the rich to overuse it, resulting in an artificial global famine.