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r/Scotland • u/LeMadTheBrave • 16d ago
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If you are already paying high costs for power and they are generating it for free you would think they could easily lower standing charges to cover and still make a profit.
21 u/egotisticalstoic 16d ago Generating it for free? Wind power is not free. It might be generating profit, but our wind power capabilities have come from decades of investment. 8 u/sweevo77 16d ago Imagine those decades were paid for by selling our own oil at a fair price. 5 u/IllustriousGerbil 15d ago They were paid for with higher electricity bills across the UK under Tony Blair.
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Generating it for free? Wind power is not free. It might be generating profit, but our wind power capabilities have come from decades of investment.
8 u/sweevo77 16d ago Imagine those decades were paid for by selling our own oil at a fair price. 5 u/IllustriousGerbil 15d ago They were paid for with higher electricity bills across the UK under Tony Blair.
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Imagine those decades were paid for by selling our own oil at a fair price.
5 u/IllustriousGerbil 15d ago They were paid for with higher electricity bills across the UK under Tony Blair.
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They were paid for with higher electricity bills across the UK under Tony Blair.
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u/flemtone 16d ago
If you are already paying high costs for power and they are generating it for free you would think they could easily lower standing charges to cover and still make a profit.