> Moreover, merely developing the technology is not necessarily enough to get it actually adopted.
The city I live in runs on 100% renewable power. It's wind and solar, generated both locally and remotely.
One of the solar farms is not far from where I live. Year by year more people are putting solar on their homes. People like generating their own power.
Look what's happening around the world. Pick some countries. Kenya's power generation is 80% renewable:
The city I live in runs on 100% renewable power. It's wind and solar, generated both locally and remotely.
One of the solar farms is not far from where I live. Year by year more people are putting solar on their homes. People like generating their own power.
Look what's happening around the world. Pick some countries. Kenya's power generation is 80% renewable:
https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Statistics/...
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210303-geothermal-the-i...
The UK is putting in renewables everywhere they can. The renewable share of electricity generation is now 44%:
https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cx1m7zg0gpet
https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Statistics/...
Australia's electricity generation is 22% renewable: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Statistics/...
The US is 19% renewable electricity generation. Renewables are trending up, fossil fuels are trending down: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Statistics/...
Read reports on more countries: https://www.irena.org/Data/Energy-Profiles
Global renewable electricity generation grew by 7.4% from 2019 to 2020. Solar grew by 22% and wind by 12%: https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication...
Nihilism, cynicism, and pessimism are all useless. Optimism is naive.
The perspective you want to cultivate is meliorism. Everything else is wank.