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Dollar_Bills t1_je4bdx7 wrote
Reply to comment by gurenkagurenda in U.S. renewable electricity surpassed coal in 2022 by altmorty
Cheaper, cleaner, less labor intensive=higher bills to consumer. There's no trend at all, got it.
You're possibly a regulator, a dolt, or both. If you work for a power company, I'd argue both
Dollar_Bills t1_je38jr9 wrote
Reply to comment by gurenkagurenda in U.S. renewable electricity surpassed coal in 2022 by altmorty
Sorry I exaggerated, but if you cut out the fuel prices and employees required to run traditional power sources, it's probably about double what it should be costing us.
They used to say, "solar will only make sense if we can get the efficiency to 7%" and we are currently doubling that or better. Every component is cheaper than it was in 2000, too.
If you want to milk the balls of the oligarchy, you can. I won't stop you.
So yes, they absolutely have doubled.
Dollar_Bills t1_je1v9zu wrote
Costs to consumers have gone up by double and they're doing it with free fuel and a quarter of the workforce.
Regulators are great and they care about us.
Dollar_Bills t1_je5090m wrote
Reply to comment by gurenkagurenda in U.S. renewable electricity surpassed coal in 2022 by altmorty
You're literally ignoring the costs to produce energy going down every year. The cost to produce energy with a free fuel is pretty cheap, if you didn't know that. From an article "Berkeley Labs reports a nationwide average levelized PPP of $24 per MWh in 2019, or 2.4 cents per kWh. This represented a decrease of 17% over the year before (2018) and a 80% decline since 2010. "
So yeah, at least double what it should cost us and we are being charged more than ever for cheaper power.
Look at how much you love protecting regulators and big business!