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ErigmolCt ◴[] No.44518081[source]
While the US is busy trying to revive the oil-soaked 20th century, places like Namibia are leapfrogging straight into a distributed, solar-powered future with YouTube tutorials... It's like watching the fossil era get out-hustled in real time.
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seydor ◴[] No.44519054[source]
To be fair the US is leading the world in solar and wind per capita

EDIT: energy consumption from renewables, not installed capacity

https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/energy?tab=chart&hideCo...

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-solar?tab=char...

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/wind-electricity-per-capi...

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ludwigschubert ◴[] No.44519269[source]
The US is at half the per capital levels of Sweden, and seems to lag behind most of Europe:

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-electricity-ge...

Do I misunderstand?

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