For most countries around the world, sourcing energy entirely from wind, solar, geothermal, and hydropower by 2050 would reduce their energy needs and costs, improve air quality, and help slow climate change, according to a study in Environmental Science & Technology.
  • Kairos@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    5 days ago

    This makes sense. The cost of carbon capture would have to be less than the difference of installing new renewables and operating them, and operating existing fossil fuels.