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[–] schwim@piefed.zip 173 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I absolutely love that the tyrannical bullying by the US is going to result in a globally-visible solar win.

That being said, now I worry that this administration will simply bomb them from existence to keep it from happening.

[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's like they're trying to crush a bar of soap that just keeps slipping away.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"The more you tighten your grip, the more [countries] will slip through your fingers."

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[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago

There is a dangerous hope of the US admin being just such a fucking heel that the world is forced to be on the side of good in just pure desperation and opposition.

They are killing real people though and we do have to stop them still. The silver lining of mushroom bomb cloud can provide some comfort but if we see it we have still failed.

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[–] Miller@lemmy.world 100 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Poor US always on the wrong side recently, and with such good intentions too.

[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 73 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bwahaha... Good intentions, that's rich

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago

No, you’re thinking of the people keeping us in this mess.

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[–] Zier@fedia.io 71 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Putin & Trump will be sited as being responsible for the push, by the World, for more solar and electric energies. These oil dinosaurs are forcing people to choose green alternatives just to exist. Which is exactly what they both never wanted. hahahahaha

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

meanwhile leaving their own countries lagging behind. "America First" lol.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Exactly, Europe was about to declare gas energy plants as "clean energy" but only thanks to Putin they were able to 180 before ratification

[–] TotalCourage007@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

God I'd love to escape reliance on shitty power grids that usually end up torturing its citizens. Maybe once Orange Clown bites the dust we can FINALLY get some proper support for renewable energy like Solar Power.

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[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 68 points 1 week ago (3 children)

At what point will the USA admit their embargo was and is a huge fuck-up and an embarrassment? It's become a symbol of how full of crap we are. Has it been fifty years of this?

p.s. I looked it up because I'm dumb, it's been SIXTY-SIX YEARS. It's even older than me.

All the USA had to do for a fantastic ally by now is stop being an asshole. We could at least return the illegally seized Guantanamo Bay, which is kept just to insult them, really.

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 week ago

But where will commit torture in legal ambuity if don't have a site off the coast on a land that isn't us jurisdiction but also not the jurisdiction of a country we recognize validty of their human rights laws?

Like it's a really special plot of land if are really trying to specialize in human rights abuse in internationally and domestically legally dubius ways.

All that say, honest wtf is wrong with some of these people

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

After Trump is gone they may admit it.

Dunno why people don’t realize that Trump never admits he’s wrong about anything. He’s an extreme narcissist who throws tantrums like an overgrown toddler. His ego is inflated to such an extreme degree that any hint of any kind of fault on his part drives him into rage spirals from the cognitive dissonance.

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 60 points 1 week ago (4 children)

So that "drill baby drill" didn't just backfire, it backfired spectacularly yo the point where I'm thinking that we still might have a chance to stop climate change. Thanks Cheetos!

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 week ago

Cuba was already on track to build solar farms back in 2023, with planned completion by 2025.

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[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 52 points 1 week ago (40 children)

Okay so let me go over this again as I have an idea...

Nation that's struggling with dependency on petroleum and unreliable supply chain turns to renewable energy. The solar energy is clean, reliable, requires little maintenance, and is helping that country become less reliant on foreign petroleum.

If that works for Cuba, a tiny nation with few resources, perhaps it would work in other more wealthy nations also. Perhaps if a nation were, say, reliant on petroleum to the point that they start multiple multinational wars to ensure their own access to oil, costing literally $trillions, it might be cheaper to put some or all of that money into renewable energy. Presumably China will sell their solar panels to whoever's buying, yes? So why wouldn't a larger, more developed country purchase them in great quantity so spending $trillions on military actions in the Middle East would no longer be necessary?
If a country like this has some of their own domestic oil production, wouldn't it be a desirable future to just walk away from the Middle East entirely, let the oil assholes kill each other without our involvement, and run the country for a few decades on sunshine? Use that money to buy solar panels literally by the boatload / container-ship-load (or buy the tech and manufacture them ourselves), and then national security is improved through removing foreign dependencies?

Or is this just crazy talk?

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 week ago (6 children)

It's infuriating how successful the oil companies have been at turning solar vs oil into a fucking culture war.

[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 1 points 3 days ago

ain't this the damn truth.

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[–] Leather@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (19 children)

Have you even said thank you to the oil companies?!

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[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not crazy talk, Australia currently leads with the highest per-capita uptake of solar panels and it’s having a noticeable impact on our overall energy costs:

https://www.abs.gov.au/articles/household-solar-electricity-generation-australian-national-accounts

We actually produce so much excess solar during peak times that households without panels can opt for electricity plans which offer free electricity between midday and 3pm every day (inc. weekends).

We’re also rolling out a heap of household batteries to better help take advantage of this surplus production and offset peak demand times too.

The world is rapidly approaching a post-fossil fuel world; the transition will be slow at first, and then drastic all of a sudden.

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[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 15 points 1 week ago

Or said country simply likes killing people around the world and oil is a convenient excuse.

[–] criscodisco@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Yes but what about the oil companies’ profits? Have you even considered their feelings?

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Now, just take that analysis a little bit further by adding the consideration that those elected to manage the nation aren't actually doing that and wondering why.

I bet it will yield interesting results about whose interests such people really serve.

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[–] zeroConnection@programming.dev 35 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Funny how the anti-green energy USA is expediting the adoption of renewables around the world due to their moronic laws, policies and wars.

Can't wait to see them left behind in the past with all that oil they can't get enough of, when nobody will need it anymore in the rest of the world.

[–] ThePyroPython@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Both heavy and light oil will still be needed for other processes and products that can't be replaced/way more difficult to replace than fuels. But decoupling oil from energy and transportation will have a huge impact on the market and be better for everyone in general.

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[–] sepi@piefed.social 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)

So they went full solarpunk?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago

Cuba in Ten Years

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[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We NEED to Cumpete with CHYNA! Which is Why we're doing EVERYTHING to Force OTHER COUNTRIES to do Bizness with CHYNA!

-Republicans!

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

not the first time for this kind of thing. they have had a lot of things like organic farming to.

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[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The evil commies win again. Thanks Obama, you're still ruining America years later.

[–] ThatGiantCameron@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Seems like China recognized a pattern about nations that invest heavily in the poorer parts of the world.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Amazing what a country can do when its continued existence depend on residents doing it.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Anyway I can donate to help them out or does that violate stupid US sanctions?

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago

Probably violates sanctions. With your DHS being super racist and paranoid, best not upset them and get sent to the thunder dome.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

No, almost certainly not. We're stupidly enforcing a sanction that was created before most of us were born.

China is helping. They're securing a future customer and buying the goodwill of a country for cheap.

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