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I've heard basically two arguments for wind/solar: it's cheaper, and it's greener. In a place like Texas, you get support on the "it's cheaper" argument. Wind
by throwawayboise 6y ago
I've heard basically two arguments for wind/solar: it's cheaper, and it's greener.
In a place like Texas, you get support on the "it's cheaper" argument. Wind and sunlight are free after all.
In many other places, you get support on the "it's greener" argument. Doesn't matter if it's more expensive, less reliable, etc. because it's saving the environment.
- gumby 6y agoThat hasn't been widely true in a decade. LCoE of solar and especially wind has been lower in several markets for quite a while. The "green" argument works at the retail end, but at the production side the cost structure (including the need for source diversity) drives it. LCoE calculations are quite situationally specific of course; thus in the US coal-fired electricity production is dying (independent of any government action) while in China and, to a lesser extent India, it's still on the rise.
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- addicted 6y agoMaybe in the aughts. But since the 2010s wind has been built solely for the economics.