africa is building a whole lot of solar panels to secure its energy supply. it's cheaper than fossil fuels, decentralized, doesn't require much of a grid. and works even when the officials are corrupted.

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[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i remember the discussion 20 years ago when people were discussing whether renewables would ever be cheaper than fossil fuels. the (prevailing) argument (that (almost) everyone agreed to) was "nah, because producing something is always more difficult than just extracting it and shipping it around"

oh how the tides have turned.

[–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's seriously the dumbest argument. Yeah solar panels are pricy, but you buy them once.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

well, tbf, you also buy the oil extraction tower once.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Then they leave them there and make the tax payers pay to clean them up

[–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

But the output of that oil extractor everytime you fill up at the pump or run the gas generators.

[–] Aetherial@nord.pub 1 points 1 week ago

Then explain high prices at the pump beyond extraordinary greed. Kinda feels like we're all paying for towers multiple times over.