Report says peak will bring to end to rising emissions as wind and solar capacity surges, but gas forecasts likely to cause concern
  • @wewbull@feddit.ukEnglish
    33•5 months ago

    In other news "BP admits publicly that oil and gas is overiding factor in global air pollution. "

    • @XeroxCool@lemmy.world
      13•5 months ago

      In other words, BP says oil use will drop next year. Don’t worry about it today and don’t try to change anything. It will be OK soon.

      • lettruthoutEnglish
        4•5 months ago

        Of course we believe all oil companies. They’ve never lied to us before, right?
        /s

        • @XeroxCool@lemmy.world
          3•5 months ago

          No, they don’t lie. Only truth. And don’t forget, your carbon footprint is a tiny blip compared to wild majestic tanker and container ships traversing the seas. Those dirty beasts can’t be stopped and you have absolutely no part in their existence. You don’t need to shop local, isn’t life expensive enough? And if you can afford your fuel, burn it if you got it.

  • AutoTL;DRBEnglish
    2•5 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    BP has predicted that the world’s demand for oil will peak next year, bringing an end to rising global carbon emissions by the mid-2020s amid a surge in wind and solar power.

    BP predicts in both scenarios that carbon emissions will reach a peak in the middle of the decade amid a rapid expansion of wind and solar power as technology costs continue to fall.

    However, the report sets out starkly different pathways for the future demand for gas, which has emerged in recent years as key growth area for energy companies including BP.

    The company attracted anger from environmental campaigners after watering down a pledge to cut oil and gas production by 40% by 2030, compared with 2019 levels, to a 25% decline after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ignited a surge in global energy market prices.

    The outlook’s findings are likely to stoke fears that the global shift away from fossil fuels towards clean power may be slowing, in part due to rising energy demand in developing economies.

    BP’s outlook predicts wind and solar power capacity will increase eightfold by 2050 under the world’s current climate policies and by a factor of 14 under its net zero scenario, compared with 2022 levels.

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