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‘Energy independent’ Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for four straight months (theprogressplaybook.com)
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"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."

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[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Well, not every country has wind farms or water turbines as viable option. You know, geography and stuff...

[–] viking 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So which country has neither wind, water nor sunshine then?

[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

For example Czech republic, Slovakia, baltic states, maybe Finland. It's not like there's none of these available. It's they're not really viable/meaningful options, yet. Sure you can build solar, but with nearly no sunlight in winter it's almost useless for half the year...