Solar power overtook coal in the European Union’s electricity production for the first time in 2024, and renewables made up nearly half of the bloc’s energy mix.

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      Well, unfortunately you can’t just shut down the entire grid and start it up on a whim. Storage is needed. And is going down in price, up in scalability and availability. And the feasable technologies get bigger in numbers, top.

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      16 hours ago

      The machines of our capitalist overlords never sleep though. Bad news for the workers in shift work, who have to keep the machines running.

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        Dreamer boy. Open your eyes wide and you‘ll see that most of the economy isn‘t run by fabrication but services. Services for people conducted by people.