alt Hacker NewsI don't know about the UK but this whole promise that the renewables are cheaper, at least where I live, has been a huge scam. The more renewables we have, the more expensive the electricity is.
I think the real story is that the renewables are cheaper only if one doesn't factor in energy storage costs and artificially inflate electricity prices from fossil fuel with taxes.
Essentially it's a government-sanctioned theft. The renewable electricity producers are providing a service which no one want nor would normally buy but everyone is forced to buy it and subside it.
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> The more renewables we have, the more expensive the electricity is.
Correlation is not causation. Renewables bring costs down, but other factors affecting Europe and the UK are causing costs to rise, outpacing reductions.
All untrue long-since-debunked FUD talking points. Please understand the South Australia market for example.
> I don't know about the UK
Then this is probably not the article to be speculating on.
We have a most favoured nation charging, so whatever costs the most sets the price.
> The more renewables we have, the more expensive the electricity is.
Because pricing is disconnected from cost. This is to encourage more cheap green because the margins are higher.
> The renewable electricity producers are providing a service which no one want nor would normally buy but everyone is forced to buy it and subside it.
We are currently sitting through some of the heaviest rainfalls in Britain. My area normally gets about 50mm of rain in January, and instead we have had 130mm. So I think you can take your climate change denial and shove it.
https://www.reading.ac.uk/news/2026/Expert-Comment/Rain-for-...