20% of the world's energy consumption comes from renewable energy sources, while nuclear power accounts for only 2.6%!

20% of the world's energy consumption comes from renewable energy sources, while nuclear power accounts for only 2.6%!
It was in today's evening edition of the Nikkei newspaper.
The title was "Renewable energy has increased by 17% worldwide." It seems that in just one year, renewable energy has increased by 17% worldwide.
As a result, approximately 20% of the world's total energy consumption is produced by renewable energy sources.
(including biomass)
In comparison, nuclear power accounts for only 1%! That's only about 7/XNUMX of renewable energy.
Tetsuya Iida of the Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP) has been talking about this for a long time.
It's something I've been saying for a long time.
And the biggest increase was in China...
Following them are the United States, Brazil, Canada and Germany.
In China, new renewable energy capacity will surpass new fossil fuel and nuclear capacity.
It seems to be the first time it has been surpassed.
Until I read this article, I thought that the only industrial product in which Japan is losing out to China is windows.
So we lost out even in renewable energy... It's very disappointing.
Whenever I talked about renewable energy, I was told, "What a pipe dream... Look at the reality!"
It was common in Japan to be looked at in this way.
However, this is the reality of the world right now...
In Japan, people who accept nuclear power tend to be viewed as "realistic and mature."
I can't help but feel that there is a tendency to view those who rebel as "imaginative, irresponsible, and childish."
However, regardless of each person's impressions, what's important is reality.
This reality does not seem to be given much attention in Japan, where biased reporting is common.
However, I think it's a fact that you absolutely need to be aware of.