While Canada lags behind in solar adoption, many places including Germany, China, Japan and even the United States are moving quickly.
In fact, on certain days, some places are generating so much energy, the price to purchase it is dropping below zero, prompting concerns about storage capacity for the abundant power source.
True. but the govt is screwing over the people by creating these problems. This is not the only thing consistenly going the wrong way.
To me, it’s like most people in Govt have no clue that the U.N.'s S.D.G.'s are a recipy for trouble.
Why do you say that the UN Sustainable Development Goals are a recipe for trouble?
Because they’re a non-democratic party, and they’ve cooked up a big plan which is being rolled out in all connected countries.
in NL, the government has committed already in 2015 https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/ontwikkelingssamenwerking/internationale-afspraken-ontwikkelingssamenwerking While there’s no money in SDG’s there’s an enormous drive to make it progress… Wonder who is paying for all that. Here are some websites showing Dutch government initiatives;
The SDG plans seem benevolent, but the problem i have with it; while the outcome sounds nice, it doesn’t say ‘how’ they want to arrive there.
i’ve seen the Arup/c40 publication regarding going for ‘sustainability’. e.g. it calls a target of 0 Kg meat, and 0 Kg dairy per person per year, an Ambitious target for 2030?! Here you can download their PDF https://www.arup.com/perspectives/publications/research/section/the-future-of-urban-consumption-in-a-1-5c-world
I think it’s an interesting read for realizing how extreme groups are willing to think, and not even being ashamed for it, or being called out on it