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Seven Reasons Cheap Oil Can't Stop Renewables Now

Oil is cheap. So is gas. Neither matters
Photographer: NASA/SDO
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Oil prices have fallen by more than half since July. Just five years ago, such a plunge in fossil fuels would have put the renewable-energy industry on bankruptcy watch. Today: Meh.

Here are seven reasons why humanity’s transition to cleaner energy won’t be sidetracked by cheap oil.