Europe’s ‘staggering’ clean power gains undermined by failure to phase out fuel-burning machines

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/23/europe-clean-energy-gains-failure-phase-out-fuel-burning

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TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 148d

Honestly I'd hedge my shit across multiple fuel sources and types if I could afford it.

And let's be clear that the ability to turn off the valve to petro-fuel ALL AT ONCE is a power that will be useful politically.

tiredofsametab@fedia.io · 7 pts · 148d

I'm a smalltime farmer on ~4000 sqm (~2 acres). I can't think of anything that would replace my diesel tractor effectively now. Even though I'm just using it to till from time to time, it uses a lot of power to do that. An electric option that could tick all the boxes would be cool, but there's no way I could afford that. For large-scale farmers, I don't know what can exist that would meet their power and timing needs.

I am looking forward to getting an electric car as my next vehicle, though.

nodiratime@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 148d (1 reply)

Calling it staggering is really overselling it.

witty_username@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 148d
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