Well, things are moving along. Good news is that electric car sales last year were 3% of all new vehicle sales and this is a new high. Also, many, if not most, car manufacturers are getting more aggressive about pulling in the end of gas powered vehicle manufacturing before 2040 and in many cases targeting 2035. Of course, we need to get those guys off the road and build sufficient infrastructure (fast charging stations) so people are comfortable not having to wait too long to recharge while taking a long trip.
Another piece of good news is that while countries are still building new coal fired plants (China/India/others) new capacity utilizing wind and solar is being installed at a higher rate. However, those existing (and new) plants will continue running for a long time yet and as can be seen in the graphs below, we are still on a steep slope of increased GHG’s.
So praise where praise is deserved and keep up the good work but we have a long ways to go before we can level off and 10’s to 100’s of years before the slope heads downward. This means we are all going to have to adapt to this changing climate and its far reaching impact with fingers crossed that we don’t hit a tipping point that ramps permafrost or some catastrophic ocean failure. Meanwhile, we are here at CASA if you want to talk about it and strategize how best to deal with what is inevitably coming towards us.
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