Re:Power Prices Go Negative in Germany
by rayiner on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @11:21PM
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Even as someone who is very left wing on the environment, it's hard for me to overlook how much misinformation exists on the issue from left-leaning media. This article is a great example: the central implication is that renewable energy is so cheap and plentiful, that it's driving energy prices negative!
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Re:Power Prices Go Negative in Germany
by kelnos on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @12:21AM
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You shouldn't overlook it; you should absolutely call out news sources when they're being intellectually dishonest.
But that doesn't change the fact that if we don't transition to renewable energy, we will wreck the planet, at least wrt humans surviving on it. The cost doesn't really matter when you consider that aspect.
Re:Power Prices Go Negative in Germany
by YawningAngel on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @05:47AM
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Will we? Seems like we could use fission plants just fine if we wanted to.
Two issues with that:
1) We still haven't solved the nuclear waste disposal issue.
2) Even if fears around #1 are overblown, "if we wanted to" is the rub: there's very little political or public will to move any meaningful amount of energy production to nuclear, and in some places in the world, countries are actually retiring nuclear plants as the age and replacing them with something else.