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Brazil's electricity grid is now 84.6% renewable, with solar and wind together supplying nearly 25% of national generation and hydropower 52% — making it one of the world’s cleanest large-power system (www.riotimesonline.com)

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

And Brazilian petrol stations all offer ethanol fuel options. So while the world is suffering from Trump's wars, Brazil just switches to a cheaper, cleaner fuel that comes from carbon capture.

This really threatens the US oil lobby and government.

for the downvoters who think ethanol is a gubmint scam, read.

https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1092181_a-brief-history-of-ethanol-in-brazil

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Kinda like a drug dealer that doesn't touch the goods, just making bank.

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

We kinda always had high renewable rates (electricity only) thanks to Itaipu. It reduces drastically when it doesn't rain enough however