• NaibofTabr@infosec.pub
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      8 months ago

      In case you’re ever wondering, this is an example of your tax dollars at work. Thirty years ago solar and wind generation had to be heavily subsidized with government grants to make them viable in the energy market. Now the technology of both has advanced to the point that it’s undercutting all of the other forms of electricity generation, without subsidization.

      Government subsidies work. They’re effective for getting new technologies off the ground.

      • Pretzilla@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Good thing we still subsidize petroleum

        Good for the oil companies and legislators they own, anyway