• Makeitstop@lemmy.world
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    The first panel severely undersells the massive progress that renewables have made over the last couple of decades. And unfortunately, that just plays into the myth the things like wind and solar are weak and impractical, which is one of the main narratives pushed by opponents of clean energy.

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      Yeah, Texas is increasingly powered by solar and the American Midwest by wind. There’s the Scottish offshore wind farms too. In places oil is extracted, it’s increasingly the primary source of new electricity generation facilities