I wrote on Boing Boing about the physics professor who became Uruguay's energy secretary, and within five years had the country on 98% renewable energy.
NOT ONLY CAN IT BE DONE, IT WAS AN ECONOMIC BOON THE THE COUNTRY.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@rubenbolling/115691564369915601
By shifting to 98% renewable energy "The total cost of electricity production [in Uruguay] decreased by roughly half ... About 50,000 new jobs were created in construction, engineering, and operations, roughly 3% of the labor force … Its economy has been growing at 6% to 8% annually, and its poverty rate has fallen from 30% to 8%."