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Yes, but at scale it is significantly cheaper to build larger and distribute it. It also means people don’t have to over invest in their own set up just to cover their peak usage. There is also a large amount of up front capital required to build with usually years before you get back what was invested. Its also almost impossible for renters or apartment buildings to do it themselves.
My area privatized the publicly owned electricity provider and since prices started going up they then had to implement rebates to bring bills down a bit. Effectively a roundabout way to move public funds from paying for the actual infrastructure into subsidizing corporate profits instead
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Ford tells students to not pick 'basket-weaving courses' in wake of OSAP cuts
16·1 day agoI think pushing kids straight outta high school into college is a mistake. Some may be ready for it but many would benefit from experiencing the world a bit, putting some money behind them, maturing at little bit.
I took college in my mid 20s and by then i was able to balance a social life and school life very well. Had I gone earlier I may have either burnt out or been distracted by parties and more social aspects of college.
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Ford tells students to not pick 'basket-weaving courses' in wake of OSAP cuts
66·1 day agoI’m no fan of ford but i don’t mind OSAP being prioritized for genuine in demand nation building career opportunities. Programs to get people into electrical engineering or other careers that will support our future could be beneficial. I doubt thats actually how this will all go down but as a concept prioritizing certain degrees over others with public funding isn’t the worst thing, especially if it can help build a stronger economy to open funding for more variety of programs later down the line.
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Tumbler Ridge Is Just the Latest Opportunity for Anti-Trans Hate
5·1 day agoIts seriously concerning how many people think just banning trans people will fix situations like this.
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Apparently Canadians are notorius cheaters in the sport of Curling
21·1 day agoIt looks like hes either trying to nudge it over a touch or a put a bit of spin on it. He wouldn’t risk cheating at the Olympics with a method that has zero effect.
But isn’t that evil authoritarian communism? /s
Me: I promise I won’t go on car dependancy rants tonight
Me after 3 drinks: y’all know what a tram is?
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politics @lemmy.world•Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says He Used to Snort Cocaine Off Toilet Seats: 'I'm Not Scared of a Germ'
10·6 days agoMaybe the real brainworms was the cocaine we snorted along the way
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People Twitter@sh.itjust.works•Well, he's causing another great recession?
81·6 days agoWe gotta ban the gays and trans. The are probably trying to touch the kids.
-also republicans
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Fuck Cars@lemmy.world•Shout it from the station rooftopsEnglish
11·6 days agoOne of my buddies is a car guy and he recently moved to a denser city and would bike to work pretty often. Driving is supposed to be a pleasure for car guys and most of them won’t scratch that itch on a stroad or clogged highway.
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politics @lemmy.world•330 gallons of sulphuric acid was purchased for Epstein Island
3·6 days agoI never said the body had to be in one piece. For all we know Jeffrey could have been an avid fisherman.
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politics @lemmy.world•330 gallons of sulphuric acid was purchased for Epstein Island
14·6 days agoYea seems a lot easier to just take a body out to sea and drop it. They won’t even know where it ends up between the depth and the currents. I doubt a body would even last that long on the sea bed.
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politics @lemmy.world•330 gallons of sulphuric acid was purchased for Epstein Island
6·6 days agoMy first thought went to scrubbing things like iron and calcium stains.
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Shooter’s mother, sibling among victims in Tumbler Ridge shooting. Live updates here.
43·7 days agoIt seems some members of that community may have contributed to this tragedy due to their treatment of the shooter, hopefully they reflect on those factors as well.
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Shooter’s mother, sibling among victims in Tumbler Ridge shooting. Live updates here.
51·7 days agoYet all the conservatives i speak to propsoe banning being trans to fix this, when in reality we need more support to prevent a similar tragedy.
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News Summary@hilariouschaos.com•Canada police identify shooting suspect as 18-year-old Jesse Van RootselaarEnglish
1·7 days agoSome kind of check/balance failed when returning those confiscated firearms. Who is this “lawful owner” who petitioned to get them back? The shooter had an expired license and the way it written implies it was someone else who claimed ownership of the guns. Were they returned without any conditions proving the at risk youth no longer had access to these firearms?
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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Humans dominate the world because we can focus our attention really well. That's our big power from which all the science and engineering flow.
3·7 days agoDidn’t aquaman overthrow him during the whale uprising?




Its really bothering me that 2.1% was listed above 2.2% at the suicide covid bars.