Why high interest rates pose a threat to wind, solar, and other clean power projects, from @guayjg.bsky.social:

It’s Not Just You — High Interest Rates Are Hurting the Planet, Too

Unlike with climate change, however, there are some straightforward fixes.

"Unlike climate change, the impact of high interest rates on clean energy is not a force of nature. It’s one we can control," writes @guayjg.bsky.socialheatmap.news/economy/high...

It’s Not Just You — High Interest Rates Are Hurting the Planet, Too

Unlike with climate change, however, there are some straightforward fixes.

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Once They Were Pets. Now Giant Goldfish Are Menacing the Great Lakes.

Released into the wild, the humble goldfish can grow to a monstrous size and destroy habitats for native species. Canadian researchers are tracking the fish, so that they might be culled.

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You don’t realize what you’ve got till it’s gone…yadda yadda yadda we used them to build parking lots I think that’s how the song goes?

Absolutely

Those are the only rates clean energy has ever known For the industry these are high and harmful

They are truly the worst

And interest rates!

"The problem is that the cure for surging inflation — hiking up interest rates — is having a big, bad impact on clean energy." Read @guayjg.bsky.social on the climate problem of high interest rates:

It’s Not Just You — High Interest Rates Are Hurting the Planet, Too

Unlike with climate change, however, there are some straightforward fixes.