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minus-squareSquizzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·14 hours agoHow is more economical to pay for a build for a fossil fuel than to sell to yourself for a renewable. New levels of stupid.
minus-squareEinskjaldi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoSpecifically it’s to make it happen faster, these have less lead time.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoUh solar panels cost a bunch of money to make and they take a ton of space, which means buying extra land
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 hours agoSolar panels are cheap these days and end up paying for themselves in cost savings. Especially when you own the factory that makes them.
minus-squareT156@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 hours agoIt’s also good advertising. “We’ve powered this data centre with our solar panels, think of what it could power for you”.
minus-squareSquizzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoThey make them? They would likely have the lowest price per kwh achieveable in history given their size and current costs. The absolute size of their premises is also ridiculous. There is no way this is not a bad decision or else there is a political apect.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoThe Republican party is a religion with two and only two commandments: Racism and fossil fuels.
minus-square_stranger_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoThey literally own a company that makes them, can’t get cheaper than that. They’re doing this as a stunt for some stupid reason.
How is more economical to pay for a build for a fossil fuel than to sell to yourself for a renewable.
New levels of stupid.
Specifically it’s to make it happen faster, these have less lead time.
Uh solar panels cost a bunch of money to make and they take a ton of space, which means buying extra land
Solar panels are cheap these days and end up paying for themselves in cost savings. Especially when you own the factory that makes them.
It’s also good advertising. “We’ve powered this data centre with our solar panels, think of what it could power for you”.
They make them? They would likely have the lowest price per kwh achieveable in history given their size and current costs.
The absolute size of their premises is also ridiculous.
There is no way this is not a bad decision or else there is a political apect.
The Republican party is a religion with two and only two commandments: Racism and fossil fuels.
They literally own a company that makes them, can’t get cheaper than that.
They’re doing this as a stunt for some stupid reason.