Extinction Rebellion GlobalMar 14
Spain’s renewables revolution will keep energy bills low even as gas prices soar https://www.euronews.com/2026/03/11/spains-renewables-revolution-likely-to-keep-energy-bills-low-even-as-gas-prices-soar
Spain could be the only EU country to beat energy price hikes

Spain spent the last six years investing heavily in wind and solar energy, leading to some of the cheapest power prices in Europe.

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Show threadMWT

@ExtinctionR That's awesome for Spain.

But: “I'd prefer to be dependent on China for the import of solar panels and batteries, than I would, for oil and gas coming from the Gulf, and I'll tell you why: because if I buy that solar panel, that battery, that wind turbine, that transformer, I buy it once every 25 years. I don't have to buy it every day.”

... makes me think that soon there will be capitalists working out ways to build in planned obsolescence and enshittification. :(

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Show threadMisuse CaseMar 14

@mwt @ExtinctionR Or they use proprietary control software and hookups and things so that when it’s time to replace the solar panels it’ll be like HP with the ink cartridges.

This is one reason why we should nationalize utilities.