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Re:US electricity demand surged in 2025 – solar handled 61% ... by cman1444 on Saturday January 17, 2026 @09:25PM (#46664247)
California, while not a country, is basically the size of one and they have made significant progress with this strategy.

Why is this any different than the sheer size of manufacturing and natural resources to extract other forms of energy?

Oil, natural gas, coal also all take vast amounts of capital investment and resource extraction to implement.

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Re:US electricity demand surged in 2025 – solar handled 61% ... by Saline9515 on Saturday January 17, 2026 @10:28PM (#46664560)
I think that a nuclear power plant is vastly more efficient on this aspect.

And California has the most expensive electricity prices in the US.

https://www.electricchoice.com/electricity-prices-by-state/

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