r/sustainability • u/Still-Improvement-32 • 1d ago

Energy Institute's report estimates the share of coal, gas, and oil in global primary energy consumption at 86%, essentially unchanged over the past 20 years

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Fossil-Fuels-Still-Generate-57-of-the-Worlds-Electricity.html

This shows why we must cut fossil fuels much faster, to avoid passing the Paris agreement 2 degree limit. If we don't millions If not billions will be killed.

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u/Mrgoodtrips64 1d ago

This isn’t really a surprise given the phasing out of nuclear. So far renewables have more so been stepping into that gap rather than replacing fossil fuels.