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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026

The bill died: austinfreepress.org/renewables-a... This is the template for the long-foreseeable future. Thanks to Trump's stupid, bloody, unforgivable war of choice in the Gulf, the world is going to install *unimaginable* amounts of cleantech. 37/

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Renewables are now the ‘Costco’ of energy production, Bill McKibben says

Austin Sierra Club hosted a virtual conversation on May 6 with climate activist Bill McKibben on the current state of environmental affairs. McKibben has written influential books on climate change…

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026

They are going to throw away their water heaters, motorbikes, furnaces and cars and replace them with all-electric versions. They're going to cover their roofs and balconies with panels. The battery industry will experience a sustained boom. 38/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026

The fortunes fossil fuel companies are reaping from this shortage is their last windfall. The writing is on the wall. Trump opened Alaska for drilling and oil companies noped out because they couldn't find banks to would loan them the money to get started. It happened again in Venezuela. 39/

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