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4. In China, Solar and Wind have achieved industrial scale.
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 10:58 PM
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Innovation and flexibility in solar and wind industries is making them the cheapest sources of energy, not only in China and Europe, but also in developing countries, island countries, etc. As these industries continue to grow and achieve greater economies of scale, there will be more opportunities for optimization. For example, in Scotland sheep grazing is integrating with solar farms. Climate deniers are spreading misinformation based on the flimsy and false notion that renewable energy "must" always and forever be combined with fossil fuel back up systems for reliability, and yet the expansion continues, because it reduces energy cost and reduces carbon emissions. Systems are already going into production with hydrogen fuel generation as part of the design and eventually the fossil fuel systems can be entirely replaced by hydrogen based systems.

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