MWT on Nostr: "Uruguay is a small yet prosperous nation. With a population of 3.5 million, it has a ...

"Uruguay is a small yet prosperous nation. With a population of 3.5 million, it has a gross domestic product of around $80 billion, and the highest per capita income in Latin America. Its economy relies on agriculture, livestock, forestry, and a growing services sector rather than heavy industry."

That mostly sounds like New Zealand, so surely we could do this here too?
#nzpol

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Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible:
it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables
—at half the cost of fossil fuels.
The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere
—if governments have the courage to change the rules.
For Ramon Méndez Galain,
the energy transition isn’t just about climate
—it’s about economics.
Uruguay’s shift to renewables, he argues,
demonstrated that clean energy can be cheaper, more stable, and create more jobs than fossil fuels.
Once the country adjusted the playing field that had long favored oil and gas,
renewables outperformed on every front:
halving costs,
creating 50,000 jobs,
and protecting the economy from price shocks.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2025/10/19/uruguays-renewable-charge-a-small-nation-a-big-lesson-for-the-world/