Germany has too many solar panels, and it's pushed energy prices into negative territoryXatolos@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.world – 467 points – 4 months agomarkets.businessinsider.com202Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent comment Do you mean that energy having no cost would mean that the electricity generated can be used to make algae? Yes. Make algae with energy that produces no carbon dioxide = carbon sink.There's just no economic incentive to do so. (yet?)The economic advantage is that our grandchildren might be able to have an economy if we don't crash and burn this place before we die.I agree. Unfortunately that is too abstract a factor for most peoples present investment decisions.Exactly! Put a real price of carbon and this will start to chance.
Do you mean that energy having no cost would mean that the electricity generated can be used to make algae? Yes. Make algae with energy that produces no carbon dioxide = carbon sink.There's just no economic incentive to do so. (yet?)The economic advantage is that our grandchildren might be able to have an economy if we don't crash and burn this place before we die.I agree. Unfortunately that is too abstract a factor for most peoples present investment decisions.Exactly! Put a real price of carbon and this will start to chance.
There's just no economic incentive to do so. (yet?)The economic advantage is that our grandchildren might be able to have an economy if we don't crash and burn this place before we die.I agree. Unfortunately that is too abstract a factor for most peoples present investment decisions.Exactly! Put a real price of carbon and this will start to chance.
The economic advantage is that our grandchildren might be able to have an economy if we don't crash and burn this place before we die.I agree. Unfortunately that is too abstract a factor for most peoples present investment decisions.
Yes. Make algae with energy that produces no carbon dioxide = carbon sink.
There's just no economic incentive to do so. (yet?)
The economic advantage is that our grandchildren might be able to have an economy if we don't crash and burn this place before we die.
I agree. Unfortunately that is too abstract a factor for most peoples present investment decisions.
Exactly! Put a real price of carbon and this will start to chance.