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by Retric 1239 days ago
Europe is experiencing those prices due to a dependence on fuels it doesn’t produce and a lack of daily energy storage.

Extrapoatgng prices to stay the same when you swap energy sources and introduce two different kinds of large scale energy sources is clearly wrong.

Ultra low or ultra high prices will represent a small chunk wholesale prices after you construct long term storage. You can’t build equipment that’s utilized 0.01% of the time and expect significant profit.