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Closer than 51 North? you mean like all of the continental US?



95% of the global population lives at latitude less than 50 degrees.


A large chunk of Europe sits north of that though.


I have a strong suspicion that a good chunk of the opposition to solar is good old fashioned white racism. Can't have an energy source win that benefits the brown skinned parts of the world, this thinking goes.




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