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Re:'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for ... by cbmuser on Friday November 17, 2023 @10:31AM (#38304915)
»This is a carbon copy of what Germany did prior to the infamous "Altmaier-Knick" and "Gabriel-Tief [1], both named after the utterly incompetent ministers responsible for cutting back on these programs.«

Germany installed more wind and solar capacity per capita than any other country in the western world.

Besides that, if an economic program heavily relies on subsidies, it’s not sustainable in the first place.

Re:'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for ... by the_why_of_y on Friday November 17, 2023 @03:51PM (#38310090)
Would you say fossil fuels are not sustainable, given they are subsidized with trillions of dollars every year?

https://www.statista.com/chart/31016/volume-of-global-fossil...