“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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One of the main reasons the big players want (or even need) as many people globally to remain dependent on it as possible - control.

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That and petrolheads in politics. Who is so slow in renewables? USA and Germany.

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

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

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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.

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

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Yep, lock the victim nations into a petroleum payment plan

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