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It will never be 10x cheaper, at least not to you. Half of the cost of electricity is from distribution costs. So even if it was completely free to generate ele
by rgbrenner 4y ago
It will never be 10x cheaper, at least not to you. Half of the cost of electricity is from distribution costs. So even if it was completely free to generate electricity, it would only reduce your bill by half.
- m0llusk 4y agoExtensive deployment of renewables is already changing the grid substantially. Smaller grids with more local sources may be cheaper than the large generator and grid model that has so far dominated.
- throwaway821909 4y agoOf course greed ruins everything but part of the distibution cost is paying for energy (to make equipment, transport it around, feed the people involved, etc.)
- Schroedingersat 4y agoIt gets a lot cheaper all of a sudden if you have space for 10kW of solar, 2 weeks of storage and tell the distributer to go f themselves