Not only has Pakistan doubled its electricity capacity in 24 months. What is even more amazing is that most of that capacity is distributed solar. The stuff ordinary people build on roofs and balconies for their homes or small businesses.
No government per project approval, no World Bank or IMF needing approval, no government raising billions (graft, corruption, etc) for multi-billion dollar fossil fuel projects…….
This route to energy transition has become so easy and cheap that the fossil fuel industry can't compete anymore.
Pakistan is leading now, but huge chunks of Asia, Africa, and South America will follow this model. Distributed solar will be installed by the 100s of GW annually in the 2030s.
The solarisation of Pakistan’s energy economy: Distributed solar is driving up electricity demand, bringing huge social and economic benefits.
I guarantee you the only thing stopping upper management of hospitals is legal threat. At base, traditionally, those guys care about profit, not getting sued, and avoiding unionization. Probably in that order. Every hospital has lawyers, they likely stopped this.
For MAGA admin, this is likely twofold. Looking for immigrants and tracking women seeking any reproductive or reproductive emergency care.
Remember, part of P25 is to dismantle/rewrite HIPAA for all things reproductive, for women.
As is, there are items that can be reported while remaining in compliance with HIPAA. Public health risks, to the CDC, like syphilis (it’s made an incredible comeback of late), salmonella, rabies, or measles. Dog bites and gun shots are another.
https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/hipaa/index.html
Unless the judge is really corrupt, when this goes to court, it will likely be limited to things like lawn mower and coffee maker injuries, at worst. I could see them wheedling in IUDs as a consumer product or FDA issue.
Shit, now that I consider further, this could be their planned pivot to that bit of P25. The rest just being another test to see what they can get away with.