▲ 946 ▼ 40% of US electricity is now emissions-free (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 229 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago (6 children) They are great. As long as they don’t end up like corn. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 40 points 2 years ago (4 children) Or oil and coal, propping up bad energy sources while the clean ones have to often fend for themselves and compete against the subsidies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] F_Haxhausen@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 child) Or oil and corn and meat and dairy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago The four elements of power. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DanglingFury@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) They do get subsidized pretty well, which is a good thing in my book. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-doubles-renewable-subsidies-156-billion-last-seven-years-eia-2023-08-02/#:~:text=Fuel-,US%20doubles%20renewable%20subsidies%20to%20%2415.6,last%20seven%20years%2C%20EIA%20says&text=Aug%202%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20U.S.,report%20released%20on%20Tuesday%20showed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago Not as much as it needs to to compete fairly with the $7 trillion for fossil fuels. The fact they still can compete is great though. It shows how dead fossil fuels should be even if it was just left up to capitalistic mechanisms. Sadly the government interferes in the market in a bad way often for this. permalink fedilink source parent [–] p1mrx@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago Solar PV tortillas taste awful and hurt my teeth. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 40 points 2 years ago (4 children) Or oil and coal, propping up bad energy sources while the clean ones have to often fend for themselves and compete against the subsidies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] F_Haxhausen@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 child) Or oil and corn and meat and dairy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago The four elements of power. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DanglingFury@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) They do get subsidized pretty well, which is a good thing in my book. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-doubles-renewable-subsidies-156-billion-last-seven-years-eia-2023-08-02/#:~:text=Fuel-,US%20doubles%20renewable%20subsidies%20to%20%2415.6,last%20seven%20years%2C%20EIA%20says&text=Aug%202%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20U.S.,report%20released%20on%20Tuesday%20showed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago Not as much as it needs to to compete fairly with the $7 trillion for fossil fuels. The fact they still can compete is great though. It shows how dead fossil fuels should be even if it was just left up to capitalistic mechanisms. Sadly the government interferes in the market in a bad way often for this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] F_Haxhausen@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 child) Or oil and corn and meat and dairy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago The four elements of power. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago The four elements of power. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DanglingFury@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) They do get subsidized pretty well, which is a good thing in my book. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-doubles-renewable-subsidies-156-billion-last-seven-years-eia-2023-08-02/#:~:text=Fuel-,US%20doubles%20renewable%20subsidies%20to%20%2415.6,last%20seven%20years%2C%20EIA%20says&text=Aug%202%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20U.S.,report%20released%20on%20Tuesday%20showed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago Not as much as it needs to to compete fairly with the $7 trillion for fossil fuels. The fact they still can compete is great though. It shows how dead fossil fuels should be even if it was just left up to capitalistic mechanisms. Sadly the government interferes in the market in a bad way often for this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago Not as much as it needs to to compete fairly with the $7 trillion for fossil fuels. The fact they still can compete is great though. It shows how dead fossil fuels should be even if it was just left up to capitalistic mechanisms. Sadly the government interferes in the market in a bad way often for this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] p1mrx@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago Solar PV tortillas taste awful and hurt my teeth. permalink fedilink source parent