Australia - Renewables hit more than 80 pct of grid demand for first time - despite heavy throttling of wind and solar
a month ago by ikt to c/environment
Or, more tragically, were conscious of reality and felt it was in their interests to hinder the obvious way forward for all.
Dropping this here as a favourite video. It's not directly relevant to the article, but a useful video to have and share, and one I think is accessible by the people who need to hear its message. (Content warning: American citizen) You are being misled about renewable energy technology.
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It's funny that the average punters can see the writing on the wall. It's just the corporatists, oligarchs, lobbyists, and politicians on the take who refused to take reality seriously.
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