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Solar generates more energy than coal in US for 1st time (abcnews.com)
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[–] forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That chart seems to go until 2024. The article concerns 2026.

[–] eleitl@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The article talks about energy, while they mean just electricity generation. My graph was about primary energy demand.

[–] forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, but isn't the graph limited to 2024? Do you have one through to the date in the article?

[–] eleitl@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It's the most recent dataset "Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. “Share of primary energy consumption that comes from oil – Using the substitution method” [dataset]. Energy Institute, “Statistical Review of World Energy” [original data]." If you look at the historical data you'll notice that year over year changes are small. The reason coal is declining is because coal-intensive industrial processes have moved to other countries and because of the current transient natural gas glut due to oil fracking. This will not last.

[–] forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 3 points 1 week ago

So the dataset doesn't cover the time period the article is talking about?

I think the article showed a small blip where solar gained footing over coal. I think it makes sense that this wasn't what has happened in the past.

Let's see what happens I guess