• Rooskie91
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    Part of it that once you build a fossil fuel power plant, that power plant is now a guaranteed fossil fuel customer for the indefinite future. With solar there’s no long term guaranteed profits like this. You can’t commodify the sun’s rays or wind.

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      The benefit mostly accrues to the people using the electricity solar and wind generate. If you’re making decisions for a society, instead of on behalf of rentiers who can donate, there are strong reasons to choose it.