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[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

For Africa’s quiet solar boom to meet its full potential, governments will need to regulate and subsidize the technology

This was a weird point. US solar is very expensive because utility permission and regulation drawn up by utilities makes it so. tax credit subsidies don't help much. Success in Africa and Pakistan is mostly based on no one is there to stop people.