“with wind the single-biggest contributor… Power production costs have declined “by almost half” … And the clean energy sector has created 50,000 new jobs… Ask me what was the impact on the electricity sector in Uruguay after this tragic war in Europe — zero.”

    • @SinningStromgald
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      336 months ago

      Carter tried to show the US the future but then he got replaced with Bad Human 1.0 Ronnie and it was all trashed.

    • @[email protected]
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      166 months ago

      Germany has the most renewables per capita of any European nation and have been heavy investors for a long time now.

      • @[email protected]
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        46 months ago

        They are a bit better now, but especially during Merkel were some heavy stones laid on the way for wind. Ok, i admit, they are good in private solar now.

    • @puppy
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      46 months ago

      Ironically it’s the US and German subsidies that kickstarted solar and brought costs down.