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‘Energy independent’ Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for four straight months (theprogressplaybook.com)
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"with wind the single-biggest contributor.... Power production costs have declined “by almost half” .... And the clean energy sector has created 50,000 new jobs.... Ask me what was the impact on the electricity sector in Uruguay after this tragic war in Europe — zero."

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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

It takes a decade and quite a bit of space to make a tree (for example), it's technically renewable but the fuel production is very slow. I'm curious how they're planning to keep that up

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Other things grow faster and take up less space than trees. For example most biofuel is made from maize and sugarcane.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    eyy thank you! That makes sense! You seem to be the only one to actually try to answer my question :/

    I know where to look further! thank you!

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