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> you can't run life saving medical equipment or refrigerator service on wind turbines

There are countries running on 95%+ renewable electricity right now[1]. Including wind, hydro, solar, geothermal and biomass. Humanity keeps neglecting what is already proved to work. Because politics? Coal and gas are cheaper options? Environment is not considered in the equation?

Edit: source [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_renewab...

parent pmoleri 4 years ago

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