There is increasing good news about non-carbon energy. This transition must be thought of in planetary terms, because one country's advances impact the world total. As this report describes Scandinavia There is also much going on in the U.K. and Germany. The Chinese embracement of alternatives particularly will have a planetary impact. It is not clear what the U.S. will do, except to note that the Republican Congress has committed itself to the continuation of carbon.
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