As an Australian I can say that for me personally the free energy periods have been amazing and are an example of the functional free markets making life better for the average person.

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PorciiVorbesc an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Australia hasn't shot itself in the foot like EU's self inflicted policies.

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mjmas an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Becaude, as we all know, taxpayer-funded == free.

And we banned nuclear, since it's scary.

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tapoxi an hour ago | parent [-]

It's not taxpayer funded, the grid has an overabundance of daytime solar that exceeds their capacity to store it.

	▲	mjmas 44 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Here in Queensland the state owns the regional electricity company, Ergon. ∴ most of what they do that doesn't generate money (such as doing free electricity rather than charging for it) is taxpayer-funded.