{"id":3910,"date":"2014-08-14T14:46:31","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T05:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=3910"},"modified":"2023-06-22T14:23:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T03:53:03","slug":"big-energy-big-problem-want-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/big-energy-big-problem-want-fix\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Energy Has a Big Problem&#8230;But They Want YOU to Fix It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\">Big energy has a big \u201cproblem\u201d.\u00a0 What&#8217;s the problem?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>Competition.<\/strong> Competition from whom?\u00a0 From Australian citizens like you who&#8217;ve told the big power companies, \u201cWe&#8217;ll\u00a0 generate our own power, using solar technology. Thank you very much. \u00a0Shut the door on your\u00a0way out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Why is this \u201cbig a problem\u201d? Well, it&#8217;s simple economics that whenever a supplier generates way more \u201cproduct\u201d than the market demands, that product&#8217;s price drops through the floor. \u00a0 And simple economics is biting Big Energy in the arse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Like a pit bull terrier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">But it&#8217;s their fault.\u00a0 They stuck their arse\u00a0out to be bitten.\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">You see, a while ago, big energy decided to invest HEAVILY in plant infrastructure to generate more and more power&#8230;banking on\u00a0 the assumption that we Australians would continue to gobble up ever increasing quantities of their coal-fired product.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">(Oh, and we paid for all those infrastructure upgrades, but that&#8217;s a whole other story!)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">But rather than keep hitting the crack pipe of coal power, we came to our senses and started investing in renewable energy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We kicked the addiction and the dealer was left with suitcases full of the drug he couldn&#8217;t sell. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Big energy is stuck with way more plants and stations and power than they need. 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