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by nickpp 954 days ago
> Germany is building about 1.5GW a month of solar and wind

I root for them to succeed. I do love renewables. But I know that in my country at least the waiting time today for panel purchase, installation and grid connection is over a year. However they are subsidized by the state so that adds time and bureaucracy.

The rest… I have my doubts: it’s all ideas but little reality. We’ll see in about 5 years time, I guess.