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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026

The 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.com

Great Britain households to be urged to use more power this summer as renewables soar

Incentives to absorb surplus wind and solar energy could help balance the grid and lower bills

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026

Now 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.com

Free 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

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/04/2026

(Maybe at this point you're thinking dark thoughts about critical minerals and such. That's not the problem you think it is and it's getting better every day.) 30/

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Red @redartifice.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

3 weeks into battery life and I'm already barely on the grid- once free energy kicks in I'll be far, far in the positive

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Blue Meme @bluememe.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I’m so old I remember when nuclear power was going to be “too cheap to meter.”

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lila7.bsky.social @lila7.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

More 😎☀️😎☀️😎 and fewer humans there.

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