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Environment & Energy

Think. Again.

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4. Great points!

Reply to progree (Reply #3)

Wed Aug 21, 2024, 08:01 AM

Aug 2024

We still have a very long way to go!

But it is good to see our own U.S. overall consumption going down, and very bad to see how our contribution to global consumption through export is rising so drastically.

It reminds me of Norway (I believe) who consumes mostly clean energy in their own country yet the export of fossil fuels is a major financial staple of theirs.

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Thanks :). On Norway - they are also the world leader in EV purchases, percentage-wise progree Aug 2024 #5

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