Why Fossil Fuels Beat Renewables On Costs, Reliability, And Economic Impact

[rangerrebew]

Why Fossil Fuels Beat Renewables On Costs, Reliability, And Economic Impact
by Norman Rogers  Aug 23, 2024 in Green Energy, News and Opinion Reading Time: 7 mins read
 
We are often told that wind and solar, if not cheaper, are at least cost-competitive with fossil fuels. Dead wrong! Wind or solar costs around five times more per megawatt hour compared to, for example, natural gas. [emphasis, links added]

We are told that wind and solar will save us from a climate catastrophe. If there is a looming climate catastrophe, the only thing that will save us is nuclear power.

https://climatechangedispatch.com/why-fossil-fuels-beat-renewables-on-costs-reliability-and-economic-impact/ you build, the cost of removing CO2 increases disproportionately.

The U.S. has wasted $1.5 trillion on wind and solar and for that money, only a little more than 10% of our electricity comes from wind and solar.

[Fishrrman]

"Renewable" energy is like the village Potemkin.

It's devised to carefully disguise any impact upon the environment as a result of its generation or construction.

You can't "see" the environmental damage caused by the manufacture of a desert valley full of solar cells -- or a huge electrical storage battery system.

But it still took place, earlier, out-of-sight (like those children who are forced to mine minerals in Africa that are used for batteries).

I'd rather there be 100 coal-fired power plants, than ONE enormous wind farm.
But... that's just me.

[Smokin Joe]

You can't "see" the environmental damage caused by the manufacture of a desert valley full of solar cells -- or a huge electrical storage battery system.

In an ecosystem based on plenty of sunlight, how will all that shade affect the indigenous resident fauna? That impact is no more being noted than the birds killed by the windmills.

When people refuse to be honest about the harm done, just in setup and operation of these facilities, or the expenditure of 'fossil' fuels to build and operate them, then huge parts of the equation are absent, and no accounting of the effects can be made. It's the biggest lie of all. BTW, "renewable" solar is a myth. The Sun isn't going to be recycling those photons, they are a one-off, each and every one.