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Just saying (thelemmy.club)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 21 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Solar is so cheap now, that some people can just build their own solar and battery setup themselves.

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  • [–] 19 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Yes, but at scale it is significantly cheaper to build larger and distribute it. It also means people don't have to over invest in their own set up just to cover their peak usage. There is also a large amount of up front capital required to build with usually years before you get back what was invested. Its also almost impossible for renters or apartment buildings to do it themselves.

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Yes I know all of that, I'm saying that solar is so much cheaper than coal power that even private individuals can buy it, so we shouldn't be wasting money on new coal plants or gas plants.

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    Same for nuclear. U.S.-Americans are brainwashed on this topic.

    First, they pay with their tax dollars for the subsidies that the private for-profit companies use to build the nuclear reactors. After that, they pay again, because the private company charges them extra on the electricity bill for the electricity generated by the very same nuclear reactor so that they can make even more profit.

    It's so stupid and they're brainwashed to defend it to the teeth. They also always try to deflect from the fact that renewables are cheaper than nuclear and can be owned by them instead of a for-profit company, by pretending that everyone who opposes nuclear energy must be in favour of coal and gas. It's mind boggling to watch.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Nuclear power is really cool, but my biggest problem with building new reactors isn't even the money issues you pointed out, it's the fact that I live in the US and I don't trust any regulatory agency to build a new nuclear power plant correctly/safely.

    Solar panels and wind turbines are monumentally cheaper AND they don't potentially cause ten thousand year contamination problems.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    Nuclear power is really cool Why though? It's insanely inefficient in terms of costs and really, really dangerous if something goes seriously wrong.

    If you install a solar panels with a regulator, it's running in less than 2 weeks and goes for decades with very little maintenance that almost every idiot can do. Plus, you don't have to pay for a company's profit while getting that energy. Now THAT is cool in my opinion.

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