| ▲ | IshKebab 2 days ago | |||||||
This is just goalpost moving. Only a couple of decades ago we were at a solid 0% everywhere. | ||||||||
| ▲ | bopjesvla 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
> The Netherlands: 86%, dominated by solar & wind The Netherlands: 50%, of which one third is biomass. As someone living in the Netherlands, I would love to live in energy utopia, but stats reported by people who can’t read Dutch government reports are usually wrong. | ||||||||
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| ▲ | 0123456789ABCDE a day ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
hydro electric dams and wind turbines exist since, at least, the 1880s. [^1][^2] and if wasn't for ronald reagan, the united states might have achieved 20% solar power energy production before the year 2000. [^3] these are not new (two decade) technologies. [^1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroelectricity#History [^2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power#History [^3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power#Development_and_de... | ||||||||