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[–] 9 points 1 week ago (4 children)

so just to put this in context: we're having a doubling of installed solar capacity around every 3 years. currently we have 3% of total energy supply from solar energy. so it will take maybe another 15 years to get close to 100% renewable energy (if we assume that exponential growth continues). source: ourworldindata (go to website and hover over solar energy to see numbers)

so we'll end up in 2040 with roughly ... let me do the math ... 1.6°C total temperature difference compared to 1970 in 2040?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago

    It will take a while until this huge system finds a new equilibrium. If we stop adding more co2 there's still a surplus in the atmosphere contributing to warming for several centuries. We have to actively remove co2 from the air in a large scale to avoid huge negative changes to our lives.

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