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The EROEIs give for solar and wind appear to be mostly propaganda. Factoring in infrastructure costs like transmission lines and storage makes it apparent that
by ETH_start 4y ago
The EROEIs give for solar and wind appear to be mostly propaganda. Factoring in infrastructure costs like transmission lines and storage makes it apparent that solar/wind are enormously expensive:
"True cost of using wind and solar to meet demand was $272 and $472 per MWh"
https://web.archive.org/web/20220916003958/https://files.americanexperiment.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-High-Cost-of-100-Percent-Carbon-Free-Electricity-by-2040-in-Minnesota.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20220916003958/https://files.ame...