Ask HN: Is wind power financially viable without subsidies?

Re:Ask HN: Is wind power financially viable without subsidies? by M95D on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @02:40AM (#42790151)

> The answer given was “why use ours now? We use everyone else’s until it’s all gone, and then we use ours”.

I think that's the lie, not the real answer.

I don't know about China, but an unused oil well fills with sand very quick in most regions. Production can't be restarted after that. A new well is needed.

That doesn't mean they can't abandon an oil well that still have oil with the intention of digging another one later, it's just very expensive to do it.

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Re:Ask HN: Is wind power financially viable without subsidies? by anemoiac on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @08:14AM (#42792450)

Not saying I agree that this is an actual Chinese strategy, but the idea is that, for now, they just don't drill production wells that pull from these reserves, not that they stop producing from existing wells.

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