> A great reason to prioritize growth and wealth creation. Poor countries don't make those tradeoffs, they're worried about survival not what percentage of their energy usage is renewable.

Tell that to places like Pakistan where solar is allowing people to have cheaper electricity without connecting to the grid

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SamPatt 2 hours ago | parent [-]

That's exactly my point. They're making decisions based on their economic reality not sacrificing for environmental principles like the above commenter.

Solar is great. It can stand on its own without subsidies.

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jvergeldedios an hour ago | parent | next [-]

There is line that connects gov't subsidies in wealthy countries for the last 50 years funding private R&D to poorer countries being able to afford it. Arguably the poorer countries don't get to make the "decisions based on economic reality" in favor of solar without the subsidies in wealthy countries happening first. There is also an argument to be made that the R&D isn't finished and it still makes sense to subsidize it to drive the cost down further.

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PaulDavisThe1st 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> They're making decisions based on their economic reality not sacrificing for environmental principles

You don't know this, and to some degree likely cannot know this.

	▲	SamPatt an hour ago \| parent [-]
		At an individual level? Agreed. But at a national level the data is compelling. I'm convinced by the Environmental Kuznets Curve.