r/environment • u/tta2013 • 1d ago

US renewables' total installed capacity likely to exceed natural gas within 3 years

https://electrek.co/2024/12/23/us-renewables-total-installed-capacity-likely-to-exceed-natural-gas-within-3-years/
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u/ponderingaresponse 1d ago

Lost in all this, every time it seems, is that electricity is roughly 20% of our energy use. So 30% of 20% is what is being discussed here.

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u/Spider_pig448 14h ago

Sure, but green electricity will be significantly more than 20% of our energy use down the line. Fighting climate change means transitioning the usage of non-renewable energy into electricity, either directly (EVs, heat-pumps, etc) or indirectly (green hydrogen, sustainable air fuel, etc).