Assaad Razzouk

In 2015, the world had 1,428 GW of coal plants in the pipeline. Today: 710 GW. Outside China and India, over 80% evaporated

Now the IEA sees 300 bcm/yr of new LNG export capacity by 2030

Same boom. Same bust

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2015 forecasts vs reality, per UNEP's Emissions Gap Report 2026:
· Renewable capacity: 3x what was expected
· Solar: 7x
· Coal growth: 45% smaller

Despair has a lousy track record

More on Ep 107 of the Angry Clean Energy Guy podcast: theangrycleanenergyguy.com/podcast/episod… #COP31

France was a combustion car & lobbying bastion. In Oct 2026, pure BEVs hit 41%. Pure petrol and diesel fell to 11% combined, and battery EVs, excluding hybrids, outsold both by nearly 4 to 1. Plug-in share of new cars (PFA):
· 2021: 18%
· 2024: 25%
· 2025: 27%
· 2026: 38% so far (Oct: 49%)
· 2030: 85–90% (S-curve projection)

Meanwhile, Paris now reportedly backs softening the EU’s 2035 combustion phase-out

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Forests absorb, net, 7.6B tons CO2/year. That’s carbon capture already working at gigaton scale, and no machine comes close
>Carbon capture and storage (a con) has had 50 years, billions in subsidies and endless hype
>Result: 68M tons/ year of capacity globally, 0.2% of our fossil CO2 emissions, most sitting at gas plants stripping CO2 out of fossil gas so it can be sold: 75% of the tons captured have been pumped into oil fields to squeeze out more oil

That’s not climate action. It’s a license for Big Oil to keep polluting

Protect standing forests. Cut emissions #COP31

Germany was the combustion car & lobbying bastion. Plug-in share of new car registrations (KBA)
· 2021: 26%
· 2024: 19% (subsidy cliff)
· 2025: 30%
· 2026: 39% so far (Oct: 48%)
· 2030: 85–90% (S-curve projection)

Lobbyists said EVs had stalled. In October, battery EVs alone outsold petrol and diesel combined in their home fortress

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