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Re:Colorado 'solar garden' is a farm under solar panels by batushka3 on Monday November 15, 2021 @04:06AM (#29225304)
EU is experiencing surge in electricity prices, thanks to green idiocity. Wind and solar subsidized so heavy, nuclear closing, coal bad. But double the price of electricity is fine!
Re:Colorado 'solar garden' is a farm under solar panels by brabel on Monday November 15, 2021 @04:14AM (#29225360)
The price surge is mostly due to natural gas prices and increased, unexpected higher demand [1].

Countries that have access to renewables are actually doing much better than others!

> Since most countries still rely on fossil fuels to meet all their power demands, the final price of electricity is often set by the price of coal or natural gas. If gas becomes more expensive, electricity bills inevitably go up, even if clean, cheaper sources also contribute to the total energy supply.

[1] https://www.euronews.com/2021/10/28/why-europe-s-energy-pric...

Re:Colorado 'solar garden' is a farm under solar panels by akie on Monday November 15, 2021 @04:33AM (#29225487)
That's a completely false statement. Nothing about it is true.

The whole world is experiencing surges in electricity prices, not just the EU.

Even within the EU, countries like France, which gets up to 70% of its energy from nuclear power, has rising electricity prices.

Subsidizing wind and solar has nothing to do with this. Stop spreading lies.

Re:Colorado 'solar garden' is a farm under solar panels by ntp85 on Monday November 15, 2021 @04:14AM (#29225356)
This is fundamentally wrong on so many levels.

Let's just pretend you would have any resemblance of a point there: Firstly, renewables are much cheaper than fossil or nuclear power - both in construction and operation. Secondly, the surging electricity prices, at least speaking for Germany here, are a result of the idiotic "EEG-Umlage".

Re:Colorado 'solar garden' is a farm under solar panels by nextaccountic on Monday November 15, 2021 @04:19AM (#29225394)
> coal bad

I agree on nuclear, but let's talk coal. Your point is that coal is good?