That 31% of renewable energy is only getting bigger this year because   Global investment in renewable power capacity at $265.8 billion, was more than double dollar allocations to new coal and gas generation, which was an estimated $130 billion in 2015 .As investment in renewables soars the capital expansion of fosil fuels contracts.   Chevron’s 2017 capex estimate is $19.8 billion, down 15 percent from 2016 and a whopping 42 percent from 2015. Other major oil companies have also cut back sharply. The cost of solar generation has fallen more than 60 percent since 2009 and could drop another 40 to 60 percent by 2025, making solar the cheapest form of energy almost everywhere in the world      Even as oil and gas companies drop prices to compete investors are rebelling because they see the writing on the wall. Is it worth destroying our environment for the sake of a few wealthy owners of dirty fossil fuels for the little time they have left on the planet?