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by bryanlarsen 438 days ago
The world invested $2.1 trillion in the clean energy transition in 2024. We are doing the big things.

https://about.bnef.com/blog/global-investment-in-the-energy-...

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Cool but I'd wish we measure the output vs how much we spend, as it's frequently dumped into a black hole with little to show for it.
No worries. DOGE came to the same conclusion and stopped the dumping into the black hole. We're all saved now. They've also actively eliminated climate change. Not from existing, but from the official records, and that's as good as actually eliminating it, right? After all, if you stop testing, the numbers go down.
That's not the point at all. But it is a bit like saying California high speed rail must be a glowing success because look at how much they've spent, etc.
Very little of the $2T is dumped into a black hole. 1/3 were electric vehicles, 1/3 was wind, solar & batteries, 1/6 was electrical infrastructure.