Costa Rica goes 75 days powering itself using only renewable energy

[Versatile]

I keep up on Costa Rica and i haven't read anything abut this article. in reality the country is about broke. as for renewable energy they just shut down the wind farms because it costs too much to run them.

[PacoMartin]

Originally Posted by MalaMan

Not difficult for a small country....
And we don't have 4.8 million people like Costa Rica, we have over 200 million people.

I think that the point is that it is difficult even for a small country with no industry, heavy rain and geothermic energy. The period of intense rainfall that permitted those 75 days followed a long drought where they had to burn far more fossil fuels than normal pushing up electricity rates. They also have geothermic energy , which will possibly allow them to become carbon neutral in six years.

It is impressive that they are even trying, and it will help sell the country as an international tourist destination for environmental tourism. But don't be too quick to blame other countries for lack of political will.