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How renewable is renewable energy?

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Paul Krugman (Nobel Prize winning economist): 

“We are, or at least we should be, on the cusp of an energy transformation, driven by the rapidly falling cost of solar power. That’s right, solar power. If that surprises you, if you still think of solar power as some kind of hippie fantasy, blame our fossilized political system, in which fossil fuel producers have both powerful political allies and a powerful propaganda machine that denigrates alternatives.”

New York Times (via aftermarx:)

Paul Krugman (Nobel Prize winning economist):

“We are, or at least we should be, on the cusp of an energy transformation, driven by the rapidly falling cost of solar power. That’s right, solar power. If that surprises you, if you still think of solar power as some kind of hippie fantasy, blame our fossilized political system, in which fossil fuel producers have both powerful political allies and a powerful propaganda machine that denigrates alternatives.”

New York Times (via aftermarx:)

(Source: post-carbon, via nocarbon)

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