Here is the recent change in the context of the last century.
Smil and others say that energy transitions are slow, but this doesnβt look slow to me.
Britain was absolutely dominated by coal for generations. And now Britain got almost rid of it.
https://t.co/UeEKnIKOOj
Almost unbelievably fast progress here in Britain. Coal is disappearing rapidly.
This visualization shows the daily share of Britain's electricity that is generated by coal.
In 2012 still 40% was generated by burning coal. Now we go months without any.
https://t.co/zx2jGvvlMI