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Environment & Energy

applegrove

(129,284 posts) Fri Nov 14, 2025, 05:13 AM Yesterday

Renewable energy is cheaper, creates more growth and creates more jobs than fossil fuel does/will [View all]

Itâ€™s amazing how quickly the global narrative has shifted; renewables now outcompete fossil fuels on cost, growth and jobs.

If governments get the policy right, the green transition could reduce inequality rather than repeat the mistakes of the fossil fuel era.

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— Ian Hall (@ianhall.bsky.social) 2025-11-14T08:03:03.247Z

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Renewable energy is cheaper, creates more growth and creates more jobs than fossil fuel does/will [View all] applegrove Yesterday OP

Exactly, sun and wind are free. You'd think that would appeal to these right wingers. Walleye Yesterday #1

They refuse to prote anything they can't make a profit off of applegrove Yesterday #2

I bet they would've been against the hydroelectric projects if they've been around then Walleye Yesterday #4

Absolutely. applegrove 22 hrs ago #6

Bribes from the fossil fuel lobby The Wizard Yesterday #3

It's not cheaper. hunter Yesterday #5

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