Lane Greene

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The Intelligence from The Economist · Fear-jerker: America’s AI backlash · 25 Jun 2026 podcast

So that can vary if there is a long period of drought.

The Baltics are pretty good, and Latvia is kind of the best of the three, which gets more solar power than you'd expect.

You don't need to be Italy or

or Spain or Portugal to make use of solar power.

Well, to some extent it is.

I think that Europeans are generally more sold on the fact that uh greenhouse gases cause climate change and want to cut their use of energy, especially what might be seen as unnecessary use of energy.

But there are other considerations too, of course.

American households are just wealthier however you measure it.

One thing that's considerably cheaper in America than in Europe is household electricity.

It's about twice as expensive, typically in Europe as in America.

But then again, European homes are quite a bit smaller.

They tend to have less stuff plugged into the walls.

And so Europeans use about a third as much electricity per household compared to the average US household.

The build-out of solar power means that electricity can be cheaper precisely when it's hottest in the midday and late afternoon.

Things like smart meters can help people know how much power they're using and shift some of their demand from peak times, like when they want to.

Wash clothes or run the dishwasher.

There are subsidies available in lots of European countries for renovating their old houses to improve their energy efficiency.

And this is like free money because it typically means that these improvements will pay for themselves quickly.

And finally, uh the war in Ukraine, which started in 2022, has prompted a big move not just away from Russian gas, but away from natural gas powered generation generally.

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