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djean111

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3. I always thought that the Money People would only go for green energy if they could

Reply to yurbud (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 14, 2013, 02:25 PM

Oct 2013

block the sun and the wind and restrict access to the oceans.
Looks like the way they will continue to make the same profit on electricity is to charge more and more for access to the grid.
Hopefully battery storage will continue to improve so that access to the grid is not needed as much.
Wonder what excuse companies like Duke will use in order to keep collecting non-refundable money for nuke plants that will never be built.

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Well, of course profit is more important than the Earth, any old day. djean111 Oct 2013 #1

they only want energy and tech they can monopolize yurbud Oct 2013 #2

I always thought that the Money People would only go for green energy if they could djean111 Oct 2013 #3

they're probably working on it. they're already trying to roll back net metering for solar homes yurbud Oct 2013 #4