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I question whether it is ultimately cheaper, if all subsidies were taken away, the natural resource extraction and transportation costs are considered, the rela
by aksss 7y ago
I question whether it is ultimately cheaper, if all subsidies were taken away, the natural resource extraction and transportation costs are considered, the relatively short lifespan, e-waste and intermittent generation all taken into an account. I don’t know but I think what we see as “cheap solar/wind” is about as illusory as “cheap gas”. I’m not saying nuclear is “cheap” but relative to its reliability, productivity, lifespan balanced against its footprint, waste, etc, I’d believe that it were cheaper and more beneficial for all in the long run that wind/solar/tidal solutions. There’s a place for renewables, but replacement of fossil fuels seems like too big of an ask.
- p_l 7y agoIt's been only in last two years that a wind power plant was built in Poland without direct subsidy, and there's still "green certificate" trading scheme that is an effective subsidy. Spain switched from direct subsidies to big beefy "guaranteed purchase" 10 year contract... in 2017.