alt Hacker News> All I know is that when the wind blows and the sun shines my electricity costs £0.00 (or less)
£0.00 and complete submission to china which produces 75% of solar panels, windmills and batteries to store their production
> All I know is that when the wind blows and the sun shines my electricity costs £0.00 (or less)
£0.00 and complete submission to china which produces 75% of solar panels, windmills and batteries to store their production
They're... not rented, you realise? Once the thing is installed, dependence on the manufacturer is limited, particularly for solar. I think you're confused on the wind turbines, btw; most North Sea wind seems to use equipment made by Siemens, Vestas or GE.
The alternative, gas, involves far more literal foreign dependencies; the gas has to come from somewhere.