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5. Places with aggressive renewable energy programs have the highest electric rates in the developed world.

Thu Apr 9, 2026, 09:48 AM

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It's not any conspiracy by the fossil fuel or utility companies.

Integrating renewable energy into a reliable electric grid is not cheap. If you skimp you get system wide blackouts. This is what took down the Iberian Peninsula electric grid in 2025.

Adding storage to an electric grid to compensate for the intermittency of wind and solar power, either batteries or pumped hydro, adds further to the cost of renewable energy.

The high cost of nuclear power in the U.S.A. is a consequence of our increasing incompetence at managing large construction projects.

The financial industry in the U.S.A. has found ways to profit from this incompetence at every level.

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