• YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Where I live in Scotland about 73% of electricity generated come from renewables (mostly wind and hydro). I’m hugely in favour of this, but the bills keep rising.

    I firmly believe the utility companies should be nationalised. I’m not against capitalism per se, but the current setup is a racket.

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      9 months ago

      Yeah honestly even if we were at 100% renewables, the price has been set and people are used to it now. No company is going to voluntarily start discounting unless more competition enters the market to start a price war. So far most of the energy “competition” has gone bust.