Ruben Bolling 🪲 @rubenbolling@mastodon.social
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I wrote on Boing Boing about the physics professor who became Uruguay's energy secretary, and within five years had the country on 98% renewable energy.

NOT ONLY CAN IT BE DONE, IT WAS AN ECONOMIC BOON THE THE COUNTRY.

boingboing.net/2025/12/09/this

This physics professor transformed his country to 98% renewable energy in five years

Ramón Méndez Galain was a Urguayan theoretical physics professor studying the Big Bang when the president of Uruguay shocked him with a phone call in 2008 asking him to be the country's energy secretary.

boingboing.net · Boing Boing

Osteopenia Powers , @Osteopenia_Powers@newsie.social
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@rubenbollingRuben Bolling 🪲
Uruguay already pays less for energy, has created clean jobs and it’s insulated against market swings!

"The economic impact has been profound. The total cost of electricity production decreased by roughly half compared to fossil-fuel alternatives, and the country attracted $6 billion in renewable energy investments over a five-year period—equivalent to 12% of its GDP. About 50,000 new jobs were created in construction, engineering, and operations, roughly 3% of the labor force.”

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