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Re:Photos Capture the Breathtaking Scale of China's Wind and... by margalabargala on Thursday January 15, 2026 @08:29AM (#46632216)
> my worry is can renewables be quickly brought online to power industry / power hungry Data Centers etc at a reasonable cost

I mean, clearly the answer is yes. The problem is political, not economic.

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Re:Photos Capture the Breathtaking Scale of China's Wind and... by zingar on Friday January 16, 2026 @02:18AM (#46643909)
Could you spell out the “clearly yes” part of this? I’d love it to be true but even more than that I’d like to have an answer to the climate sceptics.
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Re:Photos Capture the Breathtaking Scale of China's Wind and... by margalabargala on Friday January 16, 2026 @09:25AM (#46646644)
We're commenting on an article that discusses how quickly and cheaply large scale renewables can be brought online.
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