What's more important? Cheap power for the whole country? Or the pockets of the people in charge?
just in case
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Energy would be so abundant it'd be free, if we'd done Fusion 50 years ago.
Well maybe, but only if they owned the infrastructure themselves.
As it stands, the price paid to renewable energy suppliers tracks the amount paid to fossil fuel suppliers.
There's a reason every farmer wants to fill their fields with solar panels, and it's got little to do with making electricity cheaper for the end user.
That said, there's no reason not to do it anyway, at least if we want more than a few more hundred years of humanity. A tough ask in a time where every decision is made based on an election that happens in the next 4 years by people who won't live another 20.
And housing would be cheaper if it wasn't treated as a value-retaining investment.
Clearly this sub haven't seen this video from Technology Connections. It breaks it all down for you step by step why the statement is true.
Its still crazy how great solar can be when doing the maths based off his states solar farms. Imagine how great the numbers would be if the sunny parts of the world did solar too
Just say it's better for AI and they're all for it
Where I live in Scotland about 73% of electricity generated come from renewables (mostly wind and hydro). I'm hugely in favour of this, but the bills keep rising.
I firmly believe the utility companies should be nationalised. I'm not against capitalism per se, but the current setup is a racket.
Water is essential to living.
Electricity is mostly essential.
Why these two utilities are privately owned is beyond me.
To pay dividends to shareholders whilst you let the utility degrade to the point where the government steps in to bail you out anyway. Perfect investment.
You know why right?
The grid is constraint and because of this it makes prices really high where the congestion is. Now the logical thing is to allow a different price where there is free energy like in Scotland verse where it is constraint.
But! The issue is where it is constraint and that's south east England. And as everyone in the country knows no one gets anything in the UK unless south east England has more of it for less.
So higher prices in SE England is not going to happen. If it was the other way around I'm certain the government would say fuck the Scots they should have more wind power if they wanted cheap electricity.
Government should be for the people not for the corporations
In many cities in America, private companies threaten cities demanding that they get paid to expand, or else they'll leave.
Comcast demanded they get city investments to expand wifi to more of the city and even promised free wifi to public places. And after millions of city dollars given, they said, "nevermind".
Energy is cheaper where the government has a public alternative. That goes for all utilities and services.
Finland has done something like this and the few days of winter where it's very cold and no wind are kinda rough. There was a day recently where I spent 50 euros on electricity alone. And I have somewhat efficient heating tech like a geothermal heat pump.
Anything cheaper for the consumer means less profit, which means less money for bribes, which means conservative governments are against it
Technology Connections has a video on it...
But i doubt bills would go down; it's just that line would go up.
Why are utilities privatized?
Our energy provider increased our rates, then reported record breaking profits the next year. :(
(US)
Grid should be public and production should be privatised.
Shit sun power won't make my yacht go burr.
Nuclear Energy because green energy is really expensive too
Wrong
Nah. They would be 50-60% cheaper if;
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