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Wind turbines, solar panels, dams don't come for free and their capital cost ends up in consumers' bills anyway. Sure, on the long run we might achieve cheap or
by kbart 9y ago
Wind turbines, solar panels, dams don't come for free and their capital cost ends up in consumers' bills anyway. Sure, on the long run we might achieve cheap or even free energy, but current tendency is rising of electricity prices in many regions, despite wider use of renewables, due to demand increasing even faster.
- rando444 9y agoObviously the infrastructure is not free, but the prices are falling. Scotland's government just made a deal to pay two windfarms £57.50 per megawatt hour (MWh), 40% less than they were paying even the previous year. [0] Prices will continue to fall even further by the time your hypothetical bakery switches to electric vehicles. [0] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/11/huge-boost-renewable-power-offshore-windfarm-costs-fall-record-low https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/11/huge-boo...
- Angostura 9y agohttps://www.ft.com/content/77563334-9484-11e7-a9e6-11d2f0ebb7f0 https://www.ft.com/content/77563334-9484-11e7-a9e6-11d2f0ebb... "UK offshore wind power subsidy set to undercut nuclear"