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

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Decades and decades of fossil fuel company FUD about nuclear that they managed to get the greens to buy into a long time ago.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, not FUD. it's the radioactive waste issue. And enormous expense.

And a security issue. Think of the mess if war/terrorism comes home and adversaries starts blowing them up.