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I work on large turbines and pumps for the power generation business and I'd be surprised if we're not out of business in 20 years or less.

There was a recent article on solar power in Mexico where it's not being subsidized anymore and wholesale power price is about 4 cents a kwh. That's not too far off what a fossil fuel plant can make it for these days.
Germany set renewable as a goal after Fukushima.

I believed then if anyone could do it the Germans could.

The 4th Largest Economy In The World Just Generated 90 Percent Of The Power It Needs From Renewables | ThinkProgress
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