• Whelks_chance@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Why do they need to ask? I ask as in the UK we all get our power from “the grid”, and don’t have much say over what the energy mix is there.

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      10 months ago

      Because for some reason in my city “delivery” cost of the renewable energy costs 12% more than non-renewable.

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        10 months ago

        That sounds like a problem worth solving, and I can’t think of a reason it would be the case without using the words “kickbacks” and “corruption”

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          10 months ago

          it’s possible that it’s corruption, but it’s also possible that’s just being skimmed and stuffed into production of more renewable energy. That would make sense, given that we need to build more renewable, and already have existing fossil fuel infrastructure.

          From what i’ve dug into, the latter seems the most likely, especially given how much of a mess the power “market” is.