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FirstLight

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6. Europe and others are surpassing the US
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 07:06 PM
Jul 25

Trump is a stupid and he's causing us to fall behind. Old man yelling at windmills.



People are still innovating ..
Especially when it comes to alternative Energy. I've seen articles the last few days of some amazing things that different countries are putting into place.

...Germany is putting solar panels on the tops of the freeway barriers on the sides for sound. Therefore using structures already in place and not new Fields or anything. Australia has developed some new formulas for asphalt that repair themselves with bacteria and other organic matter and then also using glow in the dark solar paint so people can see the lines at night without needing lights. And then I don't know which Northern country I want to say norway, has developed a desalination and organic bubble of some sort that goes on top of the water and not only desalinates but works with plant matter and therefore puts more oxygen in the ocean? Or something like that.
Clearly other countries around the world are passing Us by and the United States is going to be the one that's 40 years behind when this is all over. But to me the innovations are heartening that maybe humans can do something to fix the planet. If we can just take the money away from all the oil companies right?

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