Comment on Portugal Runs on 100% Renewables Dropping Consumer Electric Bills to Nearly Zero for 6 Days in a Row
Szymon@lemmy.ca 10 months agoAh, the old “I’m sucking your money tit as long as I can while my industry dies and I refuse to innovate with my profits” tax.
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 10 months ago
LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 10 months ago
There research and infrastructure costs. It’s not like it’s free.
Szymon@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Thats the “refuse to innovate with our profits” part I said
LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 10 months ago
And? It still is going to cost money.
fushuan@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Companies have obtained tons of public money for research, then charge extra for the research investment. Its a joke.
Szymon@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Correction, it has already cost us money, except the people receiving it we’re not responsible with the money.
Knusper@feddit.de 10 months ago
I constantly hear about or see data that solar and wind power are quite a bit cheaper than other methods by now.
LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Still costs money. It’s never going to be free.
Knusper@feddit.de 10 months ago
Well, in the short-term, yeah. But for the mid- to long-term, it’s quite a traditional investment. Pay some money now to build renewables and decommission coal power plants, but eventually break even, because the running cost per kWh produced is quite a bit lower.