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Agree with you on nuclear, but Germany isn’t the most expensive. While US per kwh is lower, there are so many surcharges and various schemes that the effect rat
by sologoub 3y ago
Agree with you on nuclear, but Germany isn’t the most expensive. While US per kwh is lower, there are so many surcharges and various schemes that the effect rate when you actually need it (day for air conditioning, evening for everything else because that’s when people are back from work) is really high: https://www.sce.com/residential/rates/Time-Of-Use-Residential-Rate-Plans https://www.sce.com/residential/rates/Time-Of-Use-Residentia...
And remember, CA has no harsh winters and inland is usually all sunshine and good amount of wind too. Still, we are not doing all that much better and still burn fossil fuels (and of course shutting down nuclear).
- andromeduck 3y agoOf course California is not different; the high prices are a consequence of their "100% renewables or bust but 0% nuclear first" approach to energy policy. California hasn't even increased their hydro/resovoir capacity for half a century despite massive industry and population growth and consistently worsening dry spells.