Its not good news at, all electricity prices have gone up a lot since this net-zero insanity took over. Morons are clapping their hands like trained seals at their bank accounts being drained by corporations and politicians.
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eya@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
Finally some good news.
spyd3r@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
RaoulDook@lemmy.world 9 months ago
No they haven’t. Mine has been the same for a few decades and it’s fine.
spyd3r@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Yes they have, rates used to be 0.12/kwh all day long, recently they rolled out a peak pricing scam and it’s 0.22/kwh from 2-7pm, that is nearly double.
Olgratin_Magmatoe@startrek.website 9 months ago
Wanting to breath clean air on a habitable planet isn’t insanity.
spyd3r@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
The air is plenty clean as it is, has been for decades too… as long as you don’t live in California, where the smug is so thick it’s asphyxiating.
Olgratin_Magmatoe@startrek.website 8 months ago
The air is plenty clean as it is
Tell that to the people in East Palestine Ohio.
as long as you don’t live in California
Doesn’t matter where you live if the planet is uninhabitable.
oyo@lemm.ee 9 months ago
This is due to corporate greed. Solar and wind are the cheapest sources of energy in the history of the world.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 9 months ago
All prices have gone up in the same window you describe!
Meowoem@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
There’s a lot if you look for it, recent developments in tidal are incredibly positive and we’re absolutely going to see a rapid uptake in marine electrification as existing technology progresses through the market. Most people never really think about the resources used and pollution caused by small boats but one of the big destructive forces at play is the infrastructure requirements - small boats need big boats to supply their fuel stations.
Transitioning away from this system and instead using costal tidal generators to charge electric ferries and barges could be a total game changer in many areas, especially many of the highly trafficked and polluted tidal basins like in north Brazil, Nigeria, or island clusters like in the Philippines. Also the intercoastal waterways around the US and other leisure spots.
We’re making great progress in many areas and I really think it’s important to acknowledge this and cheer it on least we get so caught in a false sense of doom that we just give up.