China makes up half the global electricity generation from coal, so that is the country to watch. So if they continue the construction of renewables and the economy slows down, that could actually happen.
Also important to say it, but Japan is still a massive coal consumer, with no real plan to phase it out.
And the on after that will be in Brazil, which is already trying to become an OPEC+ member.
or 60% more per capita and propably around 18% more then the EU per capita.
What do you expect from a country most famous for genocide and killing millions in two World Wars?
You can not outsource certain emissions like the electricity grid, transport within the country and heating. Also Germany is a massive exporter of industrial products.
Because nuclear renewables replaced a lot of nuclear power, Germany was a net electricity exporter, but that turned around, and electricity consumption is down a lot.
Nuclear is not the only way to provide clean energy.
Then other parts of the economy. Electricity makes up a quarter of Germanys emissions. Gas boilers, combustion engines and so forth all emit a lot, but they are not something, which can be replaced with a nuclear power plant. That takes other systems like heat pumps, electric cars and so forth. Since that makes up most of the emissions changes in those areas matter a lot more then the electricity system.
That is from the Pope of the Catholic Church making up half the Christians in the world.
Also important to say is that 2023 was not just the year of private fossil fuel companies taking of the mask, but also public ones. We just saw very well how pissed OPEC was at this years COP and it being held in the UAE is a clear sign as well.
Hans Roslings organization is Gapminder and not Our World in Data.
Our World in Data was founded by Max Roser and Tony Atkinson. Atkinson actually has been a mentor of Piketty and wrote a number of books with him.
OPEC+ has been cutting production recently and the US has filled that gap. The reason people presume we hit peak oil soon is basically EVs. Cars make up a huge part of the global oil consumption and replacing them with anything not using oil would change the equation a lot. The other big story is China and the Chinese economy crashing. If that happens we are going to see a massive decrease in emissions very quickly.
And every time they go “I agree with the cause, I just don’t think this is the right kind of protest…” pushes the topic on the top of the agenda, which means the people in power have to do something about it. Since it is not something solved over night, that really means a constant push is needed. Protestors are not running for election, so who cares few people like them.
Point is it is a feature not a bug.
In a train a single train driver can transport a hundred containers. In a truck it is one. Similar story for other types of freight. At the same time electric trains are incredibly efficient, do not need recharging and are a common well understood technology. So you already have economy of scale for electric trains, whereas hydrogen trucks are extremely rarer.
The only situation hydrogen trucks are better then trains, is transporting a bit of cargo to a very remote location.
That is rather easy:
They are cars!