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 Dear #ClimateDiary It seems there is some hope "Renewables are so cheap they’re getting built because they make money – at the expense of old fossil fuel plants." 

with a huge But
"Achieving net zero at this late stage will mean overshooting 1.5℃ – and then using trees and negative emissions technologies at a very large scale to bring us back to that level.
This will take the creation of a whole new industry of atmospheric greenhouse gas removal and decades of effort."

https://theconversation.com/the-green-energy-surge-still-isnt-enough-for-1-5-degrees-well-have-to-overshoot-adapt-and-soak-up-carbon-dioxide-214463