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Re:Why did renewables become so cheap so fast? by girvo on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @09:05PM (#25284410)
I hope coal burning goes away; but that will have a pretty outsized impact on my country (Australia), and the fact that we don’t tax the mining companies enough means our government could end up lacking the means to invest in things to help us transition away from being a mining focused country. It worries me.
Re:Why did renewables become so cheap so fast? by wp381640 on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @09:40PM (#25284628)
Australia will probably end 2020 as the largest natural gas exporter in the world. It's also a country that is very well positioned to take advantage of renewables and export energy via lithium, ammonia, aluminium, hydrogen, electricity (See the sun cable project to Singapore)

This _more_ than makes up for the coal industry