Bowen is in trouble, Net Zero is dead, a reckoning is coming.
Here's the truth: In 2024 just 2.9% of global energy needs were met by wind and solar. After more than $5.5 Trillion USD in investments globally.
In this video I go DEEP down a data rabbit hole and bring you ALL the data, AND the sources (see below) to arm you with the undeniable proof that Net Zero is dead, and Chris Bowen has been lying this whole time.
It all gets a bit technical, but by the most GENEROUS methods of counting energy (the one that makes wind and solar look the BEST), over the last 10 years COMBINED wind and solar have provided about 3.8% of the globes energy, but over the same period they've attracted nearly 20% of global INVESTMENT!
What does that mean?
It means the lie that 'firmed wind and solar are the cheapest' isn't just a lie here in Australia, it's a lie everywhere on earth, and this reality is fast catching up to the fantasy.
All the sources are below if you want to join me DEEP down this rabbit hole...
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Here's the full list of REFERENCES for the data and graphs provided in the video:
References:
1. International Energy Agency (2026), World Energy Investment 2026 — Datafile, World sheet, values in billion USD (2025, MER); 2026 values are IEA estimates. IEA, Paris. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
iea.org/data-and-statistics/…
2. International Energy Agency (2026), World Energy Investment 2026 (report).
iea.org/data-and-statistics/…
3. Energy Institute (2025), Statistical Review of World Energy; world primary energy consumption by source (substitution method), 2004–2024.
energyinst.org/statistical-r…
4. U.S. Energy Information Administration (2025), International Energy Data; combined with the Energy Institute data for total primary energy.
eia.gov/opendata/index.php#b…
5. Ember (2026), Yearly Electricity Data; world wind and solar generation, including 2025.
ember-energy.org/data/yearly…
6. Sources 3–5 as compiled by Our World in Data, energy-data repository (the file used for these calculations).
github.com/owid/energy-data
7. Frankfurt School–UNEP Centre / BloombergNEF, Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment (2004–2019 series), via Our World in Data, "Investment in renewable energy, by technology".
ourworldindata.org/grapher/i…
8. Frankfurt School–UNEP Centre / BNEF (2019), Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2019, fact sheet.
frankfurt-school.de/en/inter…
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