CelloMomOnCars , to random
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Unsung heroes.
"Seven countries now generate all of their energy from renewable sources."
None are the ones you'd think of first.

"More than 99.7 per cent of electricity in , , , , , and the comes from geothermal, hydro, solar or wind power.

Another 40 countries got at least half of their electricity from in 2021 and 2022 including 11 in Europe."

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/04/17/wind-energy-saw-record-growth-in-2023-which-countries-installed-the-most

bluGill ,

@CelloMomOnCars There is a lot of dirty energy available and we have no idea if they will use that instead as they grow.

CelloMomOnCars OP ,
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@bluGill

We don't have to helplessly watch and see.

Producing energy, whether clean or dirty, requires investment. Whether developing countries go with clean or dirty depends on where the investments go.

Right now, because of redlining, it's three times more expensive to build wind or solar in some developing countries than in rich countries. But loans for oil and gas companies are cheap b/c they are not redlined. Guess who goes in first.

We need to stop the redlining as a policy.

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