[HN Gopher] Costa Rica restored its forests and switched to rene...
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       Costa Rica restored its forests and switched to renewable energy
        
       Author : Brajeshwar
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2024-05-03 17:04 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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       | hi-v-rocknroll wrote:
       | Although Costa Rica went <100% duty cycle (intermittently) 100%
       | renewables in 2015, but it took until recently (2024) to go 100%
       | duty cycle (continuously).
        
       | x3haloed wrote:
       | I'm shocked they were even able to do this. From what I've been
       | reading the last couple years, it seems that the US and UK like
       | to just destabilize countries with natural resources and send in
       | the corporations.
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       | I don't think we'll make meaningful progress on giving people
       | their land back until corporations are massively reined in.
        
       | applied_heat wrote:
       | They have gobs of hydro-electric power to start with!
        
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