We don’t yet have enough to turn off fossil fuel generation for an overly significant amount of time. So still gotta buy fossil fuels which are rising in price.
Comment on Energy bills set to rise as millions struggle with cost of living
reddig33@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Solar and Wind provide more cheap electricity than ever, so energy bills set to rise. What a grift.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
br3d@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Until the public are prepared to turn devices off whenever they’re told, we need readily available sources of energy that can be fired up at a moment’s notice to fill the gaps between demand and what the renewables are providing. That’s done with gas, and so we all have to pay to keep a handful of gas stations operational. The alternative is that you turn appliances off on still cloudy days, which I suspect you’d like less than your current energy bill
reddig33@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Newsflash — battery banks work just as well as gas leaker plants. And they’re currently cheaper.
cleantechnica.com/…/in-solar-vs-gas-matchup-it-wa…
cesa.org/replacing-fossil-fueled-peaker-power-pla…
br3d@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Okay, so your bill is going to be a LOT higher for the next few years to pay for them to be built. Look, under our capitalist system there isn’t a way of having on-demand energy at all times without a cost to the consumer. I’d rather it were seen as an essential that the state provides, but there you go