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Green, cheap electricity - for everyone. Wouldn't that be good?
And Let me guess who funds the right-wing think tank hmm 🤔🛢️🛢️🛢️🛢️⛽⛽⛽
There is a pretty universal agreement here not to interrogate the trope that "environmental laws are blocking an explosion of new renewable energy!!"

Just drop a hyperlink to a right-wing libertarian think tank and let's just leave it at that. No more questions pls.

www.vox.com/politics/405...
March 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"The company’s runaway success has caught the eye of the government as the country’s sovereign fund, Ethiopian Investment Holdings, looks to establish a network of 300 battery swapping stations in the next three years."
How a Japanese entrepreneur built Ethiopia’s fastest-growing EV maker
Dodai is building 300 battery-swapping stations to cut costs and make EVs more accessible.
restofworld.org
March 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Marvel of modern engineering!

A 133-meter-long wind turbine blade was just loaded onto a ship at Yangzhou in China - For comparison, the Eiffel Tower is only 330 meters tall!

www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
March 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Freedom from Putin means getting free of fossil fuels!

The European Commission "will speed up permits for renewable energy projects, change how energy tariffs are set, and increase state aid for clean industries and more flexible power generation."
Europe seeks to avoid Russian energy if sanctions eased, ministers and execs say
European buyers are unlikely to return to Russia's energy sector if sanctions are lifted, as the bloc has diversified its power mix with renewable energy and alternative gas suppliers, ministers and executives said at a conference in Houston.
www.reuters.com
March 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
You can't stop the sun from shining, Mr Trump.

"The U.S. power grid added more capacity from solar energy in 2024 than from any other source in a single year in more than two decades,"
Solar Energy, Criticized by Trump, Claims Big U.S. Gain in 2024
The added capacity for the year was the most from any single source in more than two decades.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The IEA expects renewables to rise sharply, to over 17 000 terawatt-hours (TWh) by the end of the 2020s. That's the equivalent of all the electricity used by China and the US combined!

Source: www.iea.org/energy-syste...
March 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Here's the full-sized version of my profile picture and banner, with alt-text. it is the Bangui Windmills Farm in Ilocos Norte. Found on Wikipedia, uploaded by user Ranieljosecastaneda.
March 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM