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Lots of reasons no doubt, as with many other of life's questions - it's expensive though, for one. The best individual metric I'm aware of as a way to compare
by jka 5y ago
Lots of reasons no doubt, as with many other of life's questions - it's expensive though, for one.
The best individual metric I'm aware of as a way to compare costs of different types of energy production is called "Levelized Cost of Energy" (LCOE) - here's a Feb 2021 report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration with a link to an estimated cost comparisons page:
https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/aeo/pdf/electricity_generation.pdf#page=8 https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/aeo/pdf/electricity_generation....
- max002 5y agohttps://www.energyforgrowth.org/memo/lcoe-and-its-limitations/ https://www.energyforgrowth.org/memo/lcoe-and-its-limitation...