It's not hope. Things have moved quickly. This discussion started with the false claim that solar needs sunny California type weather. Which was true in recent history. Now it does not need California type weather. Cleve Hill solar park will run as a for-profit commercial enterprise, without government subsidies. In cloudy UK. UK being located at the northern part of the planet.
> As Germany is going to find out this winter.
Germany's problems have more to do with the non-viability of relying on Russian gas than on anything else. You can predict things like the Ukraine war as well as you can predict an earthquake at Fukushima. Or as well as you can predict Westinghouse Electric declaring bankruptcy over the Vogtle nuclear plant in discussion. Not a great look for nuclear when the government needs to step in and guarantee loans.
> As Germany is going to find out this winter.
Germany's problems have more to do with the non-viability of relying on Russian gas than on anything else. You can predict things like the Ukraine war as well as you can predict an earthquake at Fukushima. Or as well as you can predict Westinghouse Electric declaring bankruptcy over the Vogtle nuclear plant in discussion. Not a great look for nuclear when the government needs to step in and guarantee loans.