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bronson | 28 days ago

Neither is petroleum, nuclear, or the highway system. What's your point?

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monero-xmr|28 days ago

Wind is the worst of all, otherwise the UK would have the cheapest energy in the West, instead of the highest

rcxdude|28 days ago

Electricity prices are set by the marginal producer, which in the UK a lot of the time means gas turbines which are expensive to run. Which mainly means that the renewables plants are making money hand over fist, creating a big push to create more. It's only once that percentage grows enough that the price pressure will go downwards in general. (currently the UK is roughly an even split between gas turbines, nuclear/biomass, and renewables). You can already take advantage of the low price of renewables in some cases, though, if you have a flexible tariff and electricity demand (like a water heater, a house battery, or charging an EV), by drawing when the gas turbines are not necessary to meet demand.

ZeroGravitas|28 days ago

They effectively banned onshore wind for a decade in England just as it became the cheapest source of electricity available to them.

It's neat how right-wing sabotage feeds ino the next cycle of propaganda to support more sabotage.

triceratops|28 days ago

Or maybe if not for wind their electricity would be even more expensive.

See? Anyone can make kill-shot arguments when there's no data.