[ffjffsfr]

Probably not enough. Demand for power is also growing and we're not replacing dirty power plants with clean power fast enough.

[matthewdgreen]

Apparently China has now reached a level of renewables buildout where they are deploying new power generation faster than industry can consume it. Estimates indicate they will enter a structural emissions decline as soon as next year [1]. And their rate of construction is accelerating. I'd add that the rest of the world will probably catch up, but honestly China is most of the ballgame.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/13/chinas-carb...

[Jeff_Brown]

Also, a third of all new cars in China are electric, as are half of all new motorcycles. [According to The Economist earlier this year.]

[hoerensagen]

It's inline with the net zero by 2050 path from BNEF

[ganzuul]

It's a culture built on having a car that gets the snowball rolling. Here in the West car ownership is taken for granted, as an integral part of having a home and a family.

It will be incredibly hard to dismantle the culture. We should start by banning status cars completely so that the cultural value of the car is of utility only.

It is however completely necessary to do this.

[acidioxide]

First you say owning a car is a cultural norm, then you say it should be changed by legislation. I'm afraid it is really hard to change culture with law.

[93po]

Electric car prices will plummet soon hopefully, and especially as iron based chemistries for batteries become more common

[weberer]

>It is however completely necessary to do this.

No its not. How about we first just get rid of the coal power plants and replace them with nuclear/renewables? Then we can just have electric cars. Why is it that climate activists so often ignore the biggest polluters, while putting most of their energy into making the common man make sacrifices? "Get rid of cars, eat bugs, etc." Its almost as if its controlled opposition from the fossil fuel industry itself.

[danielovichdk]

Just as having kids.