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> How do you suppose that electricity is to be generated? Without use of oil, which would make that electricity cheaper. Wind, solar, hydro, nuclear, geotherma

• hn_throwaway_99 7y ago
  Not sure why you think those sources have anywhere near "an operational cost close to zero", given that most of them are currently far more expensive than fossil fuels. Even in cases where some of them beat fossil fuels, that doesn't mean that cost benefit will scale, and you also have the significant, unsolved problem of energy storage required with some of those sources.
  • avmich 7y ago
    What are the operational costs of wind and solar sources? I wouldn't say energy storage problem is "significant" in this context, though for different people, who see this subject differently, glass can be half-full or half-empty. Yes, there is a problem but not forbidding extension of deployment now.