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Doug Burgum: “In Germany, they had 87 days in a row where the wind and…”

Featuring: Doug Burgum, Republican | U.S. Secretary of the Interior | National

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Published | Video Starts at 13:43

It's a German word about this long with a couple vowels and 20, 20 consonants, but it is, it, it means you have schadenfreude over that word. Yes, I do. Exactly. But that in Germany, In Germany, they had 87 days in a row where the wind and solar provided less than 10% of the energy. in Germany. And using the same kind of numbers you're talking about, they, they thought they were at 50% renewables, it produced 10%. (13:43–13:52)

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Asserts that Germany experienced 87 consecutive days with wind and solar providing less than 10% of energy.

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