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Accidental Stop-Oil Activist? (lemmy.ml)
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Imperialist dominance over energy reducing and renewable energy flourishing would be cool

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[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I am talking about global renewable volume which is mostly not from induvidial consumers.

If you had some information about that I'd be glad to read it. From what I've read most of the growth has been from the residential/consumer market.

become a large segment in some countries and regions. For instance residential solar (not just solar overall) is over 25% of all grid capacity in Pakistan and over 20% of Puerto Rico's energy capacity

Yes, there are going to be unique situations where solar is going to be a great and economically viable choice. Especially in regions with poor or inadequate grids that fail to reliably meet current demand. Those unique situations are not going to be the countries currently consuming the lion's share of fossil fuels.

A lot of the times is going to be easier to start from the ground up, than it will be to redo an already functional system. Even in these scenarios solar isn't likely to replace the systems reliance on fossil fuels, it's just going to be able to expand their ability to provide additional power. If you look at Puerto Rico, they are still utilizing just as much fossil fuels as they were previously, they've just increased their overall capacity with solar.

[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

Trying to find a source about this and they all use passive voice so none of them clarify who is doing the buying, but to the broader point, it is affecting oil demand

Global fossil-fuel emissions are set to fall by around 0.5% in 2026 amid the fallout from the Hormuz crisis, according to Carbon Brief analysis.

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the rise in emissions associated with this increased coal use, much of which is unrelated to Hormuz, is set to be more than offset by declines for oil and gas.

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While there are many short-term factors at play in the shifting forecasts for 2026, it is clear that the latest energy crisis will also affect fossil-fuel demand in the next year and beyond.

For example, whereas the IEA initially forecast that oil demand would rebound in 2027 to well above 2025 levels, it is now expecting use of the fuel to be effectively flat for two years.

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At the same time, governments in countries that had planned to rely on imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) have been signalling shifts towards favouring domestic clean energy instead – or continuing to use coal for longer.

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-global-fossil-fuel-emissions-set-to-fall-in-2026-amid-hormuz-crisis