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# Lunar Atomic Clock Laser Promises Ultra Stable Time

**[IEEE Spectrum](https://daily.dev/sources/ieeespectrum)** · 24 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Sardinia is experiencing intense grassroots resistance to wind and solar energy development, rooted in centuries of exploitation by outside powers. A 2024 petition gathered over 210,000 signatures, leading to an 18-month moratorium on renewable construction. The opposition stems from historical trauma — Roman conquest, Italian unification seen as colonization, and industrial companies that built factories then abandoned them, leaving unemployment and toxic contamination. Renewable developers, mostly from outside Sardinia, are seen as the latest wave of 'energy colonialism.' Technical challenges also exist: the grid was built for centralized coal plants, not distributed renewables. Potential paths forward include building on abandoned industrial sites, pumped-hydro storage in old coal mines, CO2 battery storage, community-owned energy projects, and the new Tyrrhenian Link HVDC submarine cable connecting Sardinia to Sicily and the Italian mainland. The core lesson is that energy transition requires understanding local history and culture, not just imposing top-down targets.

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