• Ice@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    …in generation of electricity. Most energy usage in the EU isn’t electric and non-electric energy usage is almost exclusively fossil fuels.

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      4 days ago

      Even so, baby steps are still steps. Just because not everything has been replaced doesn’t mean it won’t get replaced in the (far) future.

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      Electricity is replacing fossil cars with electric ones and heating (heat pumps). As it has replaced the use of candles.

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        Yes, although very slowly.

        A mere 15% of new EU sold cars are BEVs, the average age of the fleet is 12 years, and electric heavy vehicles are still almost non-existent.

        Meanwhile, central & southern Europe are still running on Fossil Gas despite heatpumps being around for ~50 years by now. The key issue is that the price of electricity has been far too high, and getting even higher in recent years.