• MrMakabar
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    9 months ago

    and electricity only makes up 28% of ghg emissions globally.

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      9 months ago

      We’re also seeing a big shift to heat pumps for space heating, electrification of transport, and even the beginnings of steel reduced by using hydrogen made with electrolysis instead of using coal. So a lot of things are happening, but not yet on the scale and pace we need.

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        9 months ago

        The elephant in the room still exists, all the added CO2. I applaud change, and fast moving even more, but it needs to be faster

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          Not only CO2 but also Methan. It is 84 times more harmful in the first 20 years. But it is degrading on its own with a half-live of 7-12 years in the atmosphere. Methan makes up 20 to 30% of the human made GHG. Change to a plant based diet can reduce the emissions by 40%.

          It is one of the few things we can change on our own very fast and does not need additional technological solutions to have a big impact.

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            and the warmer it gets, the more we’ll see methane hydrates bubbling up to the surface and adding gigatons more to the problem. vicious cycle.