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Originally Posted by astroron
Are you really saying that the power generating industries have not bee subsidized 
Don't make me laugh 
One of the big problems as I see it is the grid system being used to supply places hundreds of kilometers away from the generation source.
Smaller towns and cities should have their own power generating systems.
Solar and wind can supply smaller communities,let the big cities have their big power stations
Hundreds of klms of power cables and poles could be done away with.
Seems funny that countries like the USA and Germany Spain etc are going down the renewable energy route.
It will take time to get this country upto a good % of renewable energy,
The delay is down to a large extent by the mining and energy companies undermining it and bent governments abetting them.
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What youve described isn'f far away from what was done in the 1800s and early 1900s.
When the load is small and islanded, it is very hard to get generation to match demand. You end up with wasted generation capacity, and either significantly higher electricity prices, or subsidies are required.