Why Did Alberta Put the Breaks on Its Booming Clean Energy Industry?
Perhaps it also has something to do with the power of the oil and gas sector and their relentless lobby
They are threatened by wind and solar being cheaper at scale now than fossil fuels and the simple fact that no one owns the sun and the wind. That means no long-term dependency on their products, no fear of scarcity to milk while they jack the price and reap record profits.
#ClimateCrisis
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/why-did-alberta-put-the-breaks-on-its-booming-clean-energy-industry
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