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Ukraine launched a series of drone attacks on Russia's top export hubs, including Novorossiysk on the Black Sea as well as Primorsk and Ust-Luga on the Baltic Sea.

Fortune

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rob los ricos 1d ago

@Npars01 @benroyce

Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2025/10/19/uruguays-renewable-charge-a-small-nation-a-big-lesson-for-the-world/

Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World

Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.

Forbes

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mike805 1d ago

@roblosricos @Npars01 @benroyce Good for them, but here is the big 80-point asterisk. Renewables are cheaper if you do not have any fossil fuels. Which the article points out, they don't.

For Russia or the USA, not so much.

We should still be putting solar on everything flat, just because it's silly not to at this point.

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ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES

@mike805 @roblosricos @Npars01

the cost of the climate crisis and vile regimes matter too

you fund russia, russia kills people, you have a couple of EF5s in nebraska, you kill people

of course, the "decision makers" don't know or don't care, but that remains the truth

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mike805 1d ago

@benroyce @roblosricos @Npars01 Well yeah. But military power still relies on fossil fuels (and gas -> Haber process -> explosives) so warlike regimes are going to be pro-dinosaur for the foreseeable future.

We might have a green utopia someday, but there will never be a green empire!

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ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES 1d ago

@mike805 @roblosricos @Npars01

you're still going to consume fossil fuels no matter what

obviously if you get the civilian transportation and heating infrastructure off it you make a big dent. make it cheaper too

the goal isn't perfection mike, that's an invalid perspective