The Reddit thread has some interesting perspectives on this:<p>User &#x2F;u&#x2F;CatsandCrows:<p>&gt; <i>Yeah, it&#x27;s great and it makes me happy that in this sense we are eco-friendly, however this comes a great costs. Our electricity rates are one of the highest in the region (central america) and a sht-load higher than the states, this costs summed to other issues scare industrial investment over here. Depending on your area you will have power failures anywhere from 0- 24 times a day, whenever there is a drought we have power shutdowns (as it ocurred some years ago when the country had to shut down residential electricity from 5pm-11pm, eventually &quot;fixed&quot; by adding another hydroelectric plant). It is never as simple as headlines makes it seem... just remember that.</i><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;worldnews&#x2F;comments&#x2F;3xhedt&#x2F;99_of_costa_ricas_electricity_came_from_renewable&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;worldnews&#x2F;comments&#x2F;3xhedt&#x2F;99_of_cos...</a>