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I think you may be comparing fuel supply for a coal plant with installing a new PV plant.

• lukan 2y ago
  The demand of the "alternative" climate change sceptics is, to not phase out the coal plants, but have them running. If you look at the source above, you will find that the coal prices start to rise with the implementation of renewable energy laws and tighter regulation for coal plants. In general, a coal plant is a quite simple technology, compared to solar panels. And if all fails and if you are cold, you can just burn them. It is for a reason, that german slang for money is "coal" ("Kohle").
  • Dylan16807 2y ago
    Coal to be warm is simple. Coal to run a power plant, via turbines, is significantly more complicated than solar panels.
    • lukan 2y ago
      "Coal to run a power plant, via turbines, is significantly more complicated than solar panels." A modern high tech coal plant maybe, with all the digital control, automation and filters maybe. But the basic tech is from the 19.century. A average metal workshop could build one with some time. But solar panels? That requires high tech in all of the production steps.
      • Dylan16807 2y ago
        You need some high quality chemical sources to make the solar panel, but once it's made it's just a fancy slab of glass that spits out power. I find that pretty simple.
      • Arnt 2y ago
        Both of them require high tech to produce, now that you have to consider things like quicksilver emissions limits when setting up a plant. Measuing parts per billion and tuning the process to minimise emissions is high tech. But that's a distraction. The key difference is that operating a coal power plant involves a logistics chain from a coal mine in a desert in Australia, and operating a PV plant involves wiping dust from the panels. One global escalation and the logistics chain is in trouble — while the panels will still be there.