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If Uruguay can run on 100% renewable energy, the unstated implication is "The US could do it too, we just lack the political will". (As opposed to the idea that
by timmaxw 3y ago
If Uruguay can run on 100% renewable energy, the unstated implication is "The US could do it too, we just lack the political will". (As opposed to the idea that "Renewable energy is a genuinely hard problem that will take time, effort, and technological advances to solve.") The implication that "we just lack the political will" can feel like a criticism of anyone who's not maximally-environmentalist. I think that's why people are getting defensive about it.
- AndrewKemendo 3y agoAt no point in the article is that claim made.
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- aoeusnth1 3y agoEverything you just said may be true, but it’s also true that the US does lack the political will.
- taylodl 3y agoIt's impossible to solve difficult problems without the will to do so.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoThe will do to do so is frequently more easily accessed when the problems are recognized as more tractable than previously thought.