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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 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.