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tonyedgecombetoday at 4:16 PM2 repliesview on HN

GDP per capita in Greece is €29,696, in Germany it is €65,303. Rich countries can afford to decarbonise more quickly.


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abdullahkhalidstoday at 6:46 PM

Both Germany and Pakistan installed roughly 17 GW of new solar in 2025 [1,2]. Pakistan's GDP per capita is about €1500.

[1] https://janrosenow.substack.com/p/pakistan-the-solar-revolut...

[2] https://eu.globalsolar.store/news/78/germany-installs-175-gw...

toasty228today at 4:48 PM

Solar panels are basically free at that point, they're pay themselves in <2 years in Greece. We're not talking about a 20k euros investment, even 1k would go a long way

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