In the US, it's cheaper to build and operate wind farms than buy fossil fuels

Re:In the US, it's cheaper to build and operate wind farms t... by pfdietz on Sunday August 18, 2019 @09:43AM (#20730077)

I remember when AT&T made arguments against splitting up Ma Bell because the new system wouldn't have "five 9s" reliability.

It turns out the optimal reliability/cost tradeoff, from the consumers' points of view, isn't necessarily what the entrenched incumbent producers want to provide.

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Re:In the US, it's cheaper to build and operate wind farms t... by rayiner on Sunday August 18, 2019 @11:58AM (#20730975)

Note that telephone service today sucks compared to the gold-plated Ma Bell network. It’s nearly unusable, especially VoIP.

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