The world is reducing its reliance on fossil fuels – except for in three key sectors
by Oliver Milman from Environment | The Guardian on (#6JGJ8)
Dramatic changes in energy industry and EVs reducing fossil fuel use, but shipping, aviation and industry a long way from net zero
Humanity has made some uneven progress in reducing our addiction to fossil fuels - but there remain three areas of our lives in which we are notably not on track to kick the habit over the next 30 years, according to a new analysis.
Record levels of investment in clean energy (solar has been called the cheapest source of electricity in history by the International Energy Agency) and a decline in coal-powered generation means less and less of the world's power will come from fossil fuels between now and 2050, the analysis from Rhodium shows.
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