▲ 39 ▼ Wind & Solar Surpassed Fossil Fuels In EU In 2025 - CleanTechnica (cleantechnica.com) submitted 6 months ago by HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org to c/climate@slrpnk.net 5 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/41503571
[–] Iceblade02@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (2 children) ...in generation of electricity. Most energy usage in the EU isn't electric and non-electric energy usage is almost exclusively fossil fuels. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org [S] 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) Electricity is replacing fossil cars with electric ones and heating (heat pumps). As it has replaced the use of candles. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Iceblade02@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago* Yes, although very slowly. A mere 15% of new EU sold cars are BEVs, the average age of the fleet is 12 years, and electric heavy vehicles are still almost non-existent. Meanwhile, central & southern Europe are still running on Fossil Gas despite heatpumps being around for ~50 years by now. The key issue is that the price of electricity has been far too high, and getting even higher in recent years. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mr_might44@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago Even so, baby steps are still steps. Just because not everything has been replaced doesn't mean it won't get replaced in the (far) future. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org [S] 4 points 6 months ago (1 child) Electricity is replacing fossil cars with electric ones and heating (heat pumps). As it has replaced the use of candles. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Iceblade02@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago* Yes, although very slowly. A mere 15% of new EU sold cars are BEVs, the average age of the fleet is 12 years, and electric heavy vehicles are still almost non-existent. Meanwhile, central & southern Europe are still running on Fossil Gas despite heatpumps being around for ~50 years by now. The key issue is that the price of electricity has been far too high, and getting even higher in recent years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Iceblade02@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago* Yes, although very slowly. A mere 15% of new EU sold cars are BEVs, the average age of the fleet is 12 years, and electric heavy vehicles are still almost non-existent. Meanwhile, central & southern Europe are still running on Fossil Gas despite heatpumps being around for ~50 years by now. The key issue is that the price of electricity has been far too high, and getting even higher in recent years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mr_might44@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago Even so, baby steps are still steps. Just because not everything has been replaced doesn't mean it won't get replaced in the (far) future. permalink fedilink source parent