• zxqwas@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    You have to build and maintain the storage.

    Even if the electricity is free you’ll have to replace your battery once in a while and at current prices that is ludicrously expensive.

    It’s cheaper to pay an already built fossil fuel plant to idle with spare capacity.

    Give it a few years for battery technology and it may look different.

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      1 month ago

      The problem is that the planet is burning right now, but we only talk in terms of profits.

      Yeah the fossil fuels industry is “cheaper” because it has a shit ton of subsidies and does not include the environmental cost.

      We have solutions that work right now that we could start to build and maintain while reducing/eliminating the most polluting sources of energy.

      The solutions don’t have to be perfect, they have to be better. And if your only argument is money, then fuck off.

      • Zink@programming.dev
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        1 month ago

        And if your only argument is money, then fuck off.

        I agree with you on this sentiment, but it is still an obstacle we have to work around because a huge chunk of the world is going to make decisions based on money. But that’s what things like government subsidies are for.