By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026Thanks to "free market" policies sending energy prices soaring after the Ukraine invasion, Brits installed so much solar (*despite* the impediments) that now the government is *begging* us to use *more* energy this summer. 27/ 1636
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026The grid just can't absorb all those lovely free electrons: www.theguardian.com/environment/... The UK is on a glide-path to adopting the Australian plan. Australia *also* benefited from Trump I's solar embargo, receiving a ton of cheap solar that would otherwise have ended up in America. 28/theguardian.comGreat Britain households to be urged to use more power this summer as renewables soarIncentives to absorb surplus wind and solar energy could help balance the grid and lower bills 1595
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026Now Australia has so much solar that they're *giving away electricity*, with three free hours of unlimited energy every day. Stick your dishwasher, clothes-dryer and EV charger on a timer, invest in a battery or two, and fill your boots: billmckibben.substack.com/p/free-elect... 29/billmckibben.substack.comFree Electricity. Like, at no cost. For everyone. Now.Let's talk about affordability, abundance, and Australia--and why thanks to Trump we can't have nice things 418062
