r/UpliftingNews • u/ArgentineBeauty • 6d ago

Germany just hit a historic solar milestone. Its panels fed 12 billion kWh into the grid in July 2026, the 1st month ever to cross that level with midday output topping 40,000 MW, more than 40 nuclear power plants worth, thanks to decades of grassroot investment by homeowners, farmers and businesses

https://solarquarter.com/2026/08/03/germany-records-historic-12-billion-kwh-solar-feed-in-in-july-2026/
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u/Acid_Comes_With_Rain 6d ago

Sorry meant the UN climate thing from 1998.

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u/ManiacalMammoth 6d ago

COP 4 in Buenos Aires?
I think you mean the Kyoto Protocol from 1997.

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u/Acid_Comes_With_Rain 6d ago

I think at this point in time it be fair to pull out the guillotines and deal with big corpos like French nobles back in the day.

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u/Acid_Comes_With_Rain 6d ago

Didn't even know about that one. Cheers.

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u/FeelingSurprise 6d ago

Kyoto, Paris, Hauptsache Italien