It's insane that they haven't invested more in solar energy after all these years.
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Long-Draft-71283 days ago
+124
We are a reactionary society not a proactive one.
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Typical-Blackberry-33 days ago
+60
That's because the rich and moronic poor parts of populations don't want their "tax dollars" going to anything that doesn't directly benefit them, immediately.
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lestofante3 days ago
+4
This is not the first time something like this happen.
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toeknn3 days ago
+3
Good reaction to this would be capitlize on all the solar rich landscape your country has.
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Elrond0073 days ago
+37
Egypt is a full on corrupt military junta. There is no investment beyond the standard authoritarian monuments
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GayGeekInLeather3 days ago
+24
Military juntas are not well known for being the best at long term planning
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imanchats3 days ago
+7
They are such a poor country. I visited last winter and it is poorer than I could have imagined.
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LeadingPretender3 days ago
+2
Yeah Cairo was genuinely an awful city to visit when I went. Couldn’t wait to get out.
Desert was cool though.
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hueythecat3 days ago
+1
It’s like our government officials f*** our future over backhanders
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Adultery3 days ago
-4
How many solar panels would you need to cover the pyramids? How much energy would that provide their country?
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Imbendo1 day ago
+1
In the grand scheme of things not very much.
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Kady_3 days ago
+47
Extremely misleading title, egypt is asking non Essential/ non touristic places to close by 9 pm. This is in an effort to reduce energy consumption. This is an approach that led them to not increase fuel prices and try to maintain inflation. Supermarkets/hospitals/touristic places/pharmacies etc... all are operating 24/7 as usual
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Common-Method22023 days ago
+14
You would think that they would have the brains to use solar but no 💀
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Dry_Click64963 days ago
+10
Wouldnt want the people to get too independent and be able to communicate without the goverments power to shut of electricity. There is a reason Egypt is still building New Cairo, where the new government places are, and it is built to limit personal mobility as well as ensure you can deal with any uprising by having very vide streets for your military.
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Common-Method22023 days ago
+4
I meant government controlled solar plants
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1_21Giggawattss3 days ago
+2
Thank you.
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try_repeat_succeed3 days ago
+70
Reminds me of this quote: "Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it."
I think it applies here if you change a word or 2 or extrapolate.
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gordonjames623 days ago
+13
I'm a little concerned that reporters and writers might want to avoid using the term "Fallout" for a few more days.
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neroselene3 days ago
+1
*I don't want to set the world on fire....*
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[deleted]3 days ago
+3
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I-always-argue3 days ago
+4
This is a great depression on steroids because it will be accompanied with extreme inflation.
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ponylicious3 days ago
How old are you? The last one ended in the 1930s.
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OrangeSpaceMan53 days ago
+8
Lovely a second great depression in my lifetime
I hope we all can agree COVID counts
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Zanadar3 days ago
+35
No? Not even a little? COVID was really bad, not arguing that, but comparing it to the Great Depression?
Unemployment did not hit 25%, GDP did not fall by half, hundreds of thousands of Americans did not suffer from malnutrition, massive shantytowns of the homeless were not erected, it's just an insane comparison to make.
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mangabalanga3 days ago
+15
We have to compare everything to the most extreme things today to feel anything apparently
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Maximum_Overdrive3 days ago
+6
Take an economics class!
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olosen3 days ago
-1
How young are you dude? This is the 3rd one
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NewManufacturer42523 days ago
-8
I think unfortunately covid was a dry run, just to test the population. I hope I'm wrong.
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