Originally Posted by
dickerso
Actually, yes. No Nobel Prize worthy breakthroughs required, 1.5 to 2C is achievable through rapid adoption of existing renewable technologies. It will require both some political effort (ending fossil fuel subsidies, moderate carbon taxes), but the astounding price drops in renewables over the past ten years makes this quite reasonable.
https://about.bnef.com/new-energy-outlook/
Even the over-optimistic best case scenario in your link shows that 31% will still be fossil - and as the total energy consumption is going to keep growing, the 31% of 2050 is WAAAY over the 16% of today's emissions - which you were supposed to show is easy. And as said, it's just an over-optimistic, best case scenario.
Actually, nice charts - no risk in forecasting the future 10-30 years ahead. I envy those jobs. Actually they not even forecast - just say, that if we want X, Y is the solution and put it on a nice chart.