• RamRabbit@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Lots of US states have legislation that lets you choose your energy provider. People buy from the 100% green energy providers if they wish to pay more, not if they wish to save money.

    Source: Several of my friends live in these states; they pay more to buy from 100% green energy providers.

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      Yeah because companies in the US exploit everything and everyone until they get stopped (which they don’t)

      And probably because fossil energy gets subsidised heavily to compete with renewable energy. So on your electricity bill the fossil is cheaper but your taxes are sent there ten times.

      Well currently the US is fucked anyway

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        In the US, a big part of it is that natural gas is a waste product of oil fracking. If you want the oil, you will get a giant gob of natural gas to go with it. The stuff is really, really fucking cheap because of this.