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Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

UK energy prices are soaring and propagandists want to sell you a false reason why | George Monbiot

Renewable energy is the cheapest electricity source, but fossil gas prices dominate UK energy bills through marginal cost pricing, not renewable expansion.
fromwww.npr.org
2 weeks ago

Tax credits for solar panels are available, but the catch is you can't own them

With these arrangements sometimes called subscriptions or power purchase agreements (PPAs), a third party owns the panels and leases them back to the homeowner. But last summer, President Trump signed legislation that ended federal tax incentives that had cut at least 30% off the price of purchased panels. Similar incentives for leased panels remain.
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