<![CDATA[What's the opposite of doom scrolling?]]>What's the opposite of doom scrolling?

Spain just pulled off one of the fastest energy transformations in Europe.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/c3962343-37be-4368-ae14-dace2a8878c6/what-s-the-opposite-of-doom-scrollingRSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 03:40:21 GMTThu, 07 May 2026 23:48:46 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to What's the opposite of doom scrolling? on Tue, 12 May 2026 05:03:21 GMT]]>@pietervdvn This was the comment I was about to make. We're doing ourselves a disservice every time there's progress on electricity generation and it is announced as all energy being transitioned from fossil to green. Electricity is the easier task of the two energy challenges - the hard one is fuel @bradr

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://radikal.social/users/malte/statuses/116549178546036194https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://radikal.social/users/malte/statuses/116549178546036194Tue, 12 May 2026 05:03:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the opposite of doom scrolling? on Sun, 10 May 2026 07:38:28 GMT]]>@Axomamma what is hindering it? @thegarbagebird

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/carl/statuses/116549137778212228https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/carl/statuses/116549137778212228Sun, 10 May 2026 07:38:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the opposite of doom scrolling? on Sun, 10 May 2026 07:36:13 GMT]]>@energisch_ WIR können Politik machen @bradr

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/carl/statuses/116549128916808314https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/carl/statuses/116549128916808314Sun, 10 May 2026 07:36:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the opposite of doom scrolling? on Sun, 10 May 2026 07:32:24 GMT]]>@mbpaz a feat Germany has yet to achieve @disorderlyf @xerz @bradr

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/carl/statuses/116549113904268425https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/carl/statuses/116549113904268425Sun, 10 May 2026 07:32:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the opposite of doom scrolling? on Sun, 10 May 2026 06:50:09 GMT]]>@francommit

[for the peanut gallery:] That's part of a big mess, something like €1.5 billion in civil judgements, that Spain is contesting, dating back to the 2011-2013 EU Sovereign Debt Crisis (when Rajoy retroactively canceled the 2007 green energy payment guarantee).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/bradr/statuses/116548947802802271https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/bradr/statuses/116548947802802271Sun, 10 May 2026 06:50:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the opposite of doom scrolling? on Sun, 10 May 2026 06:07:02 GMT]]>@mbpaz @gim @gekko3k

similar to UK (which decomissioned its last coal electric plant in 2024). Both spain and uk still use coal for heat processes (industrial and residential), but that is also declining.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/bradr/statuses/116548778231574200https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/bradr/statuses/116548778231574200Sun, 10 May 2026 06:07:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the opposite of doom scrolling? on Sat, 09 May 2026 14:44:56 GMT]]>@gim @gekko3k @bradr Coal usage for electricity generation in Spain is exactly zero now - no coal power stations remain.

Roughly 40-50% actual (not installed) generation is wind+solar, depending on the weather, ~15% nuclear, 10-20% hydro.

The major remaining polluting source is gas (in combined cycle stations), hard to replace for technical reasons. Also about 1% total energy comes from diesel generators in islands.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/mbpaz/statuses/116545152408386212https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/mbpaz/statuses/116545152408386212Sat, 09 May 2026 14:44:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the opposite of doom scrolling? on Sat, 09 May 2026 14:21:35 GMT]]>@KimeraGupta @bradr That makes zero sense: When you can no longer buy solar panels you keep producing electricity with the current ones, for many years; while the moment you can't buy fossil fuels you stop generating energy because they're single use. You burn it and it's gone. And as the skyrocketing fuel prices have shown us, that's a critical dependency.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://valenciapa.ws/users/starsider/statuses/116545060596177902https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://valenciapa.ws/users/starsider/statuses/116545060596177902Sat, 09 May 2026 14:21:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the opposite of doom scrolling? on Sat, 09 May 2026 13:35:40 GMT]]>@bradr The headquarters of the Instituto Cervantes in Utrecht, seized by Spain's debts towards renewables

https://es.euronews.com/cultura/2026/04/28/sede-instituto-cervantes-utrecht-embargada-deudas-espana-renovables

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://livellosegreto.it/ap/users/115745273449523380/statuses/116544879992978267https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://livellosegreto.it/ap/users/115745273449523380/statuses/116544879992978267Sat, 09 May 2026 13:35:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the opposite of doom scrolling? on Sat, 09 May 2026 07:19:38 GMT]]>@thegarbagebird I would say so. I could only wish the US were half as fast. I live in Arizona. There is very little solar despite unrelenting sunshine. Every parking lot could have shaded parking that contributes to the grid. Can we do that? In 2026 the answer is still "no."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Axomamma/statuses/116543401371388779https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Axomamma/statuses/116543401371388779Sat, 09 May 2026 07:19:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the opposite of doom scrolling? on Sat, 09 May 2026 05:48:44 GMT]]>@mbpaz @gekko3k @bradr I don't think impossible is the right word here. This is Poland's energy mix over 20years (and look at Spain's energy mix around 2020 for comparison).

Btw, Poland's goal is not to reach 50%, but to produce the majority of energy from renewable sources.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lou.lt/users/gim/statuses/116543043958856980https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lou.lt/users/gim/statuses/116543043958856980Sat, 09 May 2026 05:48:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the opposite of doom scrolling? on Sat, 09 May 2026 04:09:09 GMT]]>@thegarbagebird I lived long enough to believe that it takes quite a while. Give it some thought. I'm sure you will realize that adoption takes quite a long time for big shifts. Just look at railroads.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Axomamma/statuses/116542652388349458https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Axomamma/statuses/116542652388349458Sat, 09 May 2026 04:09:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the opposite of doom scrolling? on Fri, 08 May 2026 14:31:11 GMT]]>@mbpaz @disorderlyf @bradr Okay I might not be reading well the old law, but I understood the old tax ("peaje") applied to everyone, and they were just specifiying "autoconsumo" even for those who are not connected to the grid

the PV boom is net business indeed tho, I just understood that the Rajoy administration was hostile enough with the aforementioned tax (which killed the previous, Zapatero-era policy of solar panel roofs in new lots) that the numbers stopped making sense until it got all lifted

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://soc.masfloss.net/users/xerz/statuses/01KR3ZZRWC4SRJJF4RP27KD4F6https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://soc.masfloss.net/users/xerz/statuses/01KR3ZZRWC4SRJJF4RP27KD4F6Fri, 08 May 2026 14:31:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the opposite of doom scrolling? on Fri, 08 May 2026 14:15:22 GMT]]>@bradr
Nuclear and hydro, apparently, but the toot was deleted.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hsnl.social/users/axel/statuses/116539373797824445https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hsnl.social/users/axel/statuses/116539373797824445Fri, 08 May 2026 14:15:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the opposite of doom scrolling? on Fri, 08 May 2026 12:35:39 GMT]]>@bradr I don't know, the opposite of "doom scrolling" is in Spanish.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/F100/statuses/116538981724243233https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/F100/statuses/116538981724243233Fri, 08 May 2026 12:35:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the opposite of doom scrolling? on Fri, 08 May 2026 11:30:18 GMT]]>@bradr Look at that drop during the financial crunch in 2008 — good job of not letting a crisis go to waste!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/Virginicus/statuses/116538724720013651https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/Virginicus/statuses/116538724720013651Fri, 08 May 2026 11:30:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the opposite of doom scrolling? on Fri, 08 May 2026 11:01:56 GMT]]>@michael

Electricity is typically around 10-20% of a country's total energy consumption.

But that's changing, also.

https://www.iberdrola.com/about-us/products-and-services/decarbonisation-solutions/industrial-electrification

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/bradr/statuses/116538613206426422https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/bradr/statuses/116538613206426422Fri, 08 May 2026 11:01:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the opposite of doom scrolling? on Fri, 08 May 2026 10:52:50 GMT]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://westergaard.social/objects/c1de0c35-9a6b-4b24-8f2c-c0049853e690https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://westergaard.social/objects/c1de0c35-9a6b-4b24-8f2c-c0049853e690Fri, 08 May 2026 10:52:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the opposite of doom scrolling? on Fri, 08 May 2026 10:30:11 GMT]]>@bradr @inthehands What's the remaining 39%? Hydro and nuclear?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.infrageeks.social/users/erik/statuses/116538488343676269https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.infrageeks.social/users/erik/statuses/116538488343676269Fri, 08 May 2026 10:30:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the opposite of doom scrolling? on Fri, 08 May 2026 10:24:54 GMT]]>@xerz @disorderlyf @bradr The infamous "sun tax" applied to residential PV only - and industrial PV farms were perfectly happy with it, as it meant less PV production from residential customers, thus higher demand and higher prices in peak PV production hours. The boom in PV is just business. Lower investment, lower TCO (compared to wind etc).

PV and wind installed power reached parity in 2024. Installed PV is growing at 25-30% annually, installed wind power is growing at 2-4%.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/mbpaz/statuses/116538467595927004https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/mbpaz/statuses/116538467595927004Fri, 08 May 2026 10:24:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the opposite of doom scrolling? on Fri, 08 May 2026 10:16:20 GMT]]>@bradr Great news, but this is _only_ aboute electricity production. Is there a graph with _all_ energy and fossil use? I.e. including motor traffic (which still runs on oil), heavy industries and chemical processes?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://en.osm.town/users/pietervdvn/statuses/116538433921778548https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://en.osm.town/users/pietervdvn/statuses/116538433921778548Fri, 08 May 2026 10:16:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the opposite of doom scrolling? on Fri, 08 May 2026 10:14:44 GMT]]>@gekko3k @bradr Helpful? Definitively. But not impossible to pull it of in other European countries. A bit harder and more expensive? Sure, but political is the main blocker

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://en.osm.town/users/pietervdvn/statuses/116538427622736348https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://en.osm.town/users/pietervdvn/statuses/116538427622736348Fri, 08 May 2026 10:14:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the opposite of doom scrolling? on Fri, 08 May 2026 10:10:47 GMT]]>@flancian @bradr
https://anagora.org/Hopescrolling

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.agor.ai/users/agora/statuses/01KR3H2ZWMA503ACXH48Q88BZMhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.agor.ai/users/agora/statuses/01KR3H2ZWMA503ACXH48Q88BZMFri, 08 May 2026 10:10:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the opposite of doom scrolling? on Fri, 08 May 2026 10:04:57 GMT]]>@bradr ?

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