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minus-squareJumuta@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·15 hours agoyeah maybe because only the most cost effective ones remain? (natural selection)
minus-squareleisesprecher@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours ago…and because the older plants are simply written off already. If you already recouped the building costs, you can charge based on just the running cost.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·15 hours agoAre you saying newer facilities aren’t more efficient but instead a random chance which coincidentally leads to anual efficiency gains?
minus-squareSolacefromSilence@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5·15 hours agoIf that were true, we wouldn’t need to guess. We could just look at the data showing that new plants provide cheaper electricity.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·15 hours agoThats why I linked the data.
minus-squareSolacefromSilence@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoIt just presents data without going into detail. You’re making unsupported assumptions.
yeah maybe because only the most cost effective ones remain? (natural selection)
…and because the older plants are simply written off already. If you already recouped the building costs, you can charge based on just the running cost.
Are you saying newer facilities aren’t more efficient but instead a random chance which coincidentally leads to anual efficiency gains?
If that were true, we wouldn’t need to guess. We could just look at the data showing that new plants provide cheaper electricity.
Thats why I linked the data.
It just presents data without going into detail. You’re making unsupported assumptions.