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Boomkop3 ( @Boomkop3@reddthat.com ) 1•27 days ago43% natural gas, 15% coal those two alone make up 58% of the energy mix. This title is a straight up lie if the article is to be believed.
robador51 ( @robador51@lemmy.ml ) 4•27 days agoDid you read the title though?
Boomkop3 ( @Boomkop3@reddthat.com ) 2•26 days agoYes, and it’s a lie. The amount of new renewable production capacity being built is higher for renewables than for new fossil fuel production capacity.
I would’ve expected that to be a thing already, like most of the planet.
robador51 ( @robador51@lemmy.ml ) 4•26 days agoI can’t attest to the accuracy of the numbers, I just tried to point out that the title doesn’t say wind and solar overtook all fossil fuels, they only overtook coal.
Tomtits ( @blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English2•26 days agoIt explains it in the first paragraph. The other person just didn’t read the article.
Wind and solar 17%, coal 15%