• 🇨🇦 Carney's Canada: let's build pipelines that will take five+ years to become operational, cost billions up front, and worsen climate change!
• 🇿🇦 South Africa: five years? In the last five years we installed 7 GIGAWATTS and the rate of installation is increasing 50% year over year! And it costs a fraction compared to oil and gas! Suckers!

In the past five years alone, South Africans installed solar panels representing more than seven gigawatts

and

In roughly five years [...] electricity for the estate will essentially be free. “The pros definitely outweigh the cons,” he said.

and other happy details: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/climate/solar-south-africa-china.html

#SolarPunk #solarPower #goodNews #SouthAfrica