Why Everyone Needs a Hybrid Generator

Date: 06/01/25

Climate change, or ‘global warming’ as it was once known, has always had doubters. In the past, these have been in the majority, with people like Al Gore standing out as isolated voices. Fortunately, today it’s the climate sceptics who are increasingly isolated, even if they do include President-Elect, Donald Trump.

However, after a year of extreme weather events in 2024, few people can seriously deny that our climate is changing, and that human activity is the root cause. As we start the new year, let’s take a look back at the extremes of hot and cold, wet and dry that made up a record-breaking year.

Climate change is happening right now

From floods to droughts, heatwaves to hurricanes, there has barely been a week without the world’s weather making the news. Here are just a few of the headlines from 2024:

• The USA saw six hurricanes in rapid succession, including Hurricane Milton which increased in wind speed by a record-breaking 90mph in just 24 hours

• India saw blistering temperatures of 47°C, sparking a rare red heat alert

• Brazil saw both floods and drought, with half a year’s rain falling in a week in the south and a drought entering its second year in the Amazon

• The United Arab Emirates saw a year’s worth of rain in 24 hours, while Valencia saw a year’s worth of rain in just 8 hours.

• Many countries, including Japan, Austria, Spain and Australia saw record hot summers, while even in winter, Australia beat their previous August record by a full 3°C

• In Africa, countries like Namibia suffered severe drought, while the displaced seasonal rain brought rare flooding to the Sahara Desert

Is climate change to blame?

Weather analysts at World Weather Attribution (WWA) are in no doubt that the extreme weather we saw in 2024 was a direct result of man-made climate change. They estimate that climate change added 41 days of dangerous heat, amplified floods and intensified hurricanes. In one study, they found that 30 out of 38 hurricanes had been increased by at least one category level due to climate change.

Soberingly, the WWA estimates that ‘tens, or even hundreds of thousands’ of people may have been killed in 2024 by extreme weather events that were intensified by climate change.

Is there anything we can do?

For all the doom and gloom, there was some good news amongst the end of year reviews. As we reported recently, here in the UK, renewable energy became the primary source of electricity for the first time, with wind, solar power and the use of hybrid generator contributing 51% of the energy mix as carbon-intensive fossil fuel use declined.

Similar changes are happening across the globe, with more and more countries, companies and individuals harnessing renewable energy through equipment such as a hybrid generator. At the very least, this will slow down the effects of climate change, and the more that these changes gather momentum, the greater the impact they will have.

Make the change today

As you can see above, climate change is not something that may happen, sometime in the future. It is happening right here, right now, and so now is the time to take action before it gets any worse.

“Our report shows how dangerous climate change has already become,” says Ben Clarke, a researcher at the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College, who co-authored the WWA report. “It is no longer a distant threat, but a current reality that is making life much harder for people on every continent.”

We all have our part to play, and with the help of Think Hire, it couldn’t be easier. We can work with you to analyse your site energy needs and supply a hybrid generator, energy management systems and so much more to help you operate in a greener, cleaner way, cutting both emissions and operating costs at the same time.

2024 was the hottest year on record, and more importantly, the first year where we exceeded the 1.5°C increase of the Paris Agreement. There is no longer any doubt that we need to take urgent action, so call Think Hire to talk about a hybrid generator today, because climate action simply cannot wait.

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