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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
If solar power "is so much cheaper than coal and natural gas" then why do places like California who use a lot of solar pay 3 times more for power then what I do?
Where I live we got a lot of wind, coal and natural gas.
The only cheaper power that I am aware of is in hydro power heavy areas.
Because if it was cheaper, it would be cheaper.
Right?
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Perhaps the numbers are in the official public record and available if one is willing to put in the time. I was in Sacramento August 22,and gasoline alone was selling for $4/gallon,while I could buy it for $2.35 back home.
The California Public Utilities Commission might have records which would explain what's going on out there.
In 1973 the state made us all curtail around 15% of our electrical consumption,only to turn around and raise prices 15% to 'reward' us for our good behavior.!Estiercol de caballo !