Renewables

Stuff we can blame on renewables

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Yesterday afternoon, after the reaction to the blackout in South Australia, and the insistence by conservative politicians and incumbent energy interests that renewable energy must be to blame, even though it wasn’t, we saw #stuffwecanblameonrenewables trending on Twitter.

Here are some of our picks from the bunch;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sam is Chief Operating Officer for Renew Economy and EV Media. Sam has been working with Renew Economy and One Step Off The Grid since 2014 and with The Driven since its inception in 2017. Sam is an occasional contributor to both websites with particular interest in electric vehicles and social policy.

Sam Parkinson

Sam is Chief Operating Officer for Renew Economy and EV Media. Sam has been working with Renew Economy and One Step Off The Grid since 2014 and with The Driven since its inception in 2017. Sam is an occasional contributor to both websites with particular interest in electric vehicles and social policy.

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