Apr 6, 2026, 12:40 AMThe permanent solution to energy pricing security is renewables.
That is why the greed-heads are desperate. DESPERATE!!!!! To stop it. There will be no commodity market or futures market speculating on these prices. Do you get it? Nobody is going to make $500million betting on the futures market of wind based on insider information from whoever. Same with solar, geothermal, and tidal/hydro.
@Okanogen Instead of volume, the focus must be on stability and predictability. (e.g every new solar park must come with a battery).
Grids must be modernized with better interconnects.
Commercial as well as home(!) usage must be monitored by grid operators to react faster.
Better long term storage solutions (days instead of hours) must be funded.
I'm not against renewables and I'm not for more home surveillance, but it's also not as simple as solar/wind/hydro good, natgas/coal/oil/nuclear bad.
@Okanogen I'm guessing there will still be plenty of money to be made on mining futures.
@dnkboston
> I'm guessing there will still be plenty of money to be made on mining futures
The mining industry is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the fossil fool industry. Without huge oil, coal and gas profits to subsidise it, mining can no longer be made artificially cheaper than closed loop resource use. Where we "mine" our own waste flows (and all the old dumps that are being exposed anyway due to climate change) instead of mining unspoiled environments.