Comment by bayarearefugee

9 hours ago

China is also way ahead in terms of renewable energy while the US continues to tie itself to fossil fuels.

The US is pretty clearly in the collapsing empire phase, we are all just pretending like it isn't happening.

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bayarearefugee

Didn't the US very recently pass the milestone of generating more energy from renewable sources than from natural gas? Like within the last week or two?

carefree-bob 5 hours ago
No, not even close.
US energy sources for 2024 (last year for which we have data):
https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/us-energy-facts/data-and...
natgas: 38% oil: 35% coal: 10% all renewables: 9% nuclear: 8%
Within all renewables, in quadrillions of btus:
biofuels: 2.6 wood: 1.9 wind: 1.6 solar: 1.4 Hydro: 0.8 waste: 0.4 geothermal: 0.1
Total: 8.8 quadrillion btu = 9% of total energy
- nozzlegear 4 hours ago
  
  https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/renewables...
  Renewables generated more energy than natural gas for the entire month of March, 2026. That's a new milestone baby.
  
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