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> There are only a small handful of countries that even have an "a few thousand miles away" in the same country. The large majority of developing countries are
by seanmcdirmid 3y ago
> There are only a small handful of countries that even have an "a few thousand miles away" in the same country. The large majority of developing countries are rather near the equator and can put solar anywhere.
It’s not like they aren’t installing solar power in those countries at all, but with the cost, it’s still slow going. Philippines is up to 1.62 gigawatts, but they use 90k gigawatts, so only 88.4k to go.
- AnthonyMouse 3y agoEverything costs money to build. The question is, why are they spending the money building fossil fuel power plants that cost more? "Because they have a local fossil fuel industry" is not a good reason, but it's a common one.