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Costa Rica Goes 75 Days Powering Itself Using Only Renewable Energy
An anonymous reader writes with news about an impressive renewable energy accomplishment in Costa Rica. Costa Rica has achieved a clean energy milestone by using 100 per cent renewable energy for a record 75 days in a row. The feat was achieved thanks to heavy rainfall, which powered four hydroelectric plants in the first three months of the year, the state-run Costa Rican Electricity Institute said. No fossil fuels have been burnt to generate electricity since December 2014, in the state which is renowned for its clean energy policies."
Environmentalists tend to seize on the fads of the moment and stick to them like a religious cause (until the next fad comes along). They will ignore or shoot down any proposed alternative and they WILL NOT compromise. It's their way or the highway.
Right now their religion supports solar and wind power, and solar and wind power ONLY. Even though nuclear and hydro are much more practical and have the potential to reduce CO2 than any other current power generation methods, they will oppose both--because they fell out of favor with the religion in the past. Nuclear fell out of favor when a bunch of hippies began to complain about nuclear waste (never mind that we have a facility in Yucca that COULD make this a non-issue). And hydro fell out when a bunch of hippies discovered that it hurt salmon spawning or some shit. Again, never mind that this problem was solved a long time ago with fish ladders (once you fall out of favor with the hippies, you're a heresy forever).
Wind and Solar. All other energy generation is blasphemy to the environmentalist religion.
SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.