In 2008, we had only 25,065 megawatts of total wind capacity installed. In 2018, we had 98,000 megawatts of wind capacity installed. (2/5)
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We have already laid the foundation for our climate future that the #GreenNewDeal will build on:
In 2008, we had only 1,237 megawatts of total solar capacity installed.
In 2018, we had 65,000 megawatts of solar capacity installed. (1/5)
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In 2008, there were around 80,000 solar jobs. In 2018, there were 242,343 solar jobs. We created almost as many solar jobs in the U.S. in 2016 alone as exist in the entire coal mining industry today. (3/5)
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In 2008, there were only 2,580 electric vehicles on the road in the United States. Ten years later, there are more than 1 million. (4/5)
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The sun is setting on the dirty energy of the past. The
#GreenNewDeal calls for an historic 10-year mobilization. We have the technology to do it. We have the moral obligation. We have the economic imperative. We just need the political will. (5/5)Show this thread
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We can at least try? Aren't we the land of the free and the home of the brave? Nobody thought we could go to the moon, but we did. Passing a
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It's significantly increasing year by year as prices going down.. In 10-15 years I believe there will be no Coal plants on the planet.
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Fix our old, decrypted power grid, to meet, exceed and be inter connected to the solar, wind, hydroelectric grids w/high tech security to stop Russia from hacking into it again. Plus meet everyone's needs, including those of the working poor, lower incomes as well.
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