The mind-blowing thing we get WRONG about energy

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Fossil fuels still supply 80% of our energy. And people point to this number to say it's impossible to switch to renewables, especially if we want to do it quick enough to stop climate change. But their argument overlooks just how much energy we waste – and how we could do it better. #planeta #fossilfuels #energyefficiency We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. Follow Planet A on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dw_planeta?lang=en Credits: Reporter: Adam Baheej Adada Video Editor: Adam Baheej Adada Supervising Editor: Michael Trobridge, Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann Fact-check: Alexander Paquet Thumbnail: Em Chabridon Read more: How reaching net zero could be easier than we think https://about.bnef.com/blog/liebreich-net-zero-will-be-harder-than-you-think-and-easier-part-ii-easier/ More on heat pumps: https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/heat-pumps Nick Eyre's paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12053-021-09982-9 Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:49 THE chart 02:47 Wasted energy 04:10 Why so much waste? 06:29 The good news 08:58 Conclusion