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> ... Greens-pushed and initiated renewables subsidies, there would have been basically no big market worldwide for solar... Are you referring specifically to

by myk9001 2mo ago

> ... Greens-pushed and initiated renewables subsidies, there would have been basically no big market worldwide for solar... Are you referring specifically to a German political party? Because that's a lot of credit to attribute to a single party in a single country. It might be well deserved, but seeing some supporting data would be nice.

k_g_b_ 2mo ago
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/solar-electricity-per-capita?tab=line&time=2003..2018&country=ESP~PRT~AUS~NZL~IND~USA~ZAF~DEU https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/solar-electricity-per-cap... The only other even slightly comparable country is Spain and they don't start until 2006/7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Renewable_Energy_Sources_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Renewable_Energy_Source... where the laws that kick-started that. Under a SPD-Greens government - it wouldn't have happened with the conservatives or (market) liberals, that's clear.