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Electricity prices in France turn negative as renewable energy floods the grid (fortune.com)

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[–] TehWorld@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Article is paywalled, but love the headline. Imagine a future with energy as an essentially free resource. We have a LONG way to go, but just the fact that we are moving in the right direction gives me a glimmer of hope for the future.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago

For a long time nuclear power was going to make electricity so cheap it wasn't worth billing. Turns out they were right, the reactor is just 92 million miles away