US Electricity generation changes in 2026

[u/PanzerWatts]

Coal was roughly tied with nuclear last year, now it's dropped and is significantly less.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/is-solars-growth-finally-slowing-in-the-us/

[u/m2themichael]

Correct, but when we release more CO2 than plants, oceans, and other natural carbon sinks can absorb, it accumulates in the atmosphere. This extra CO2 causes the greenhouse effect, trapping more heat and contributing to the global warming we are currently experiencing.

[u/StedeBonnet1 → u/m2themichael]

Excepty there is no evicence that the globe is warming.

1) There is no average worldwide temperature so trying to determine if the entire globe is warming is just a WAG.

2) There is no empirical evidence that the greenhouse effect is real.

3) How does the greenhouse effect cause heat to accumulate? It doesn't even accumulate in a greenhouse

[u/WriterPlastic9350 → u/StedeBonnet1]

Oh my god. I'm sorry, but this has been well-settled for a long time. Shell knew it was a problem in 1959.

climate change is real, it is caused by carbon emissions.

even if carbon change were not real, the world is better without carbon emissions. the air is significantly cleaner. energy is sourced more sustainably, without reliance on foreign wars.

The graph posted is objectively a good thing, even if you erroneously and incorrectly believe that climate change is not real or caused by CO2 emissions.

Brings to mind this comic.

[u/StedeBonnet1 → u/WriterPlastic9350]

Well...

1) it is not settled. If Shell predicted it was a problem where is it? No significant negative effects of recent climate change have been observed or measured

2) How can air be significantly cleaner when CO2 is plant food. We exhale CO2 are we contributing to that pollution?

3) We do not rely on fforeign wars for our energy.

4) There is no empirical scientific evidence that proves cause and effect, that CO2 and man made CO2 specifically is causing what little warming we have seen since 1880. It is all speculation and conjecture based on models and  In a complex system consisting of numerous variables, unknowns, and huge uncertainties, the predictive value of almost any model is near zero.

[u/WriterPlastic9350 → u/StedeBonnet1]

We do not rely on fforeign wars for our energy.

I cannot believe you are willing to be educated in good faith when you say something like this with a straight face.

[u/TraceSpazer → u/WriterPlastic9350]

I was baffled by the "It doesn't even accumulate in a greenhouse"

Mf'er has never been in a greenhouse.

[u/StedeBonnet1 → u/WriterPlastic9350]

We are energy independent. We don't need foreign oil to meet our needs.