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There are many available technical solutions, is just that the majority aren't as cheap as burning oil or gas yet, at least for most situations.
by ktizo 14y ago
There are many available technical solutions, is just that the majority aren't as cheap as burning oil or gas yet, at least for most situations.
- rayiner 14y agoIt's not just that. It's also that the majority aren't as heavily subsidized, both directly and indirectly, as burning coal or oil. In the U.S. more than half our electricity comes from coal. When the enormous external costs of coal mining and burning are factored in (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-cooper/harvard-study-coal-costs-_b_831755.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-cooper/harvard-study-coal...) the per-kilowatt hour cost of coal should be more than double the artificially low cost we see today. And in certain parts of the country (particularly the midwest), wind power is already within a factor of two in price.