Renewables have been significantly cheaper than gas (and coal) fired electricity for 8 years
though price to consumer needs to be determined by weather not war
What is the best ie cheapest energy?
Taking everything into account; solar then wind.
Why then are electricity prices increasing? This is partly due to prices being tied to the price of making electricity from gas - and the price of gas is affected by wars and sanctions. The fact that the cheapness of wind and solar is not passed on to consumers doesn’t mean they are not cheaper. Industries, whatever their product, exist to make profits, and the role of cronies in government is to facilitate this.
Renewables also have the added value of not polluting nor emitting as much co2 as well as avoiding the stranding of $millions of assets in oil and gas that is no longer profitable.
In the US, Germany and China the cost of producing energy from wind and solar is significantly lower than from gas or coal.
Intermittency, ‘unreliability’ and over or under production can be solved with exporting or importing energy and with storage in hydro or batteries, which are getting cheaper and cheaper. Gas fired stations can be kept for very rare occasions they’re required. The cost of batteries will easily pay for themselves with the difference in energy price. However the decreasing price of renewables will soon cannibalise itself as profits for producers decreases.
The cost of renewables to the consumer, despite what naysayers funded by fossil fuel say, will become less and less.
The national grid will have to provide balancing services. Grid charges are preventing this- on purpose- to protect and profit industry.
To decarbonise we will need to interconnect, trust other countries and stop allowing the process to be sabotaged for profit.
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PS a look at way offshore wind got so expensive inn 2023
It's hard for me to know how much 1) weather changes are coming from geoengineering &/or co2, 2) if extreme weather is really worse, how much geoengineering, harp &/or electromagnetic changes are responsible, and 3) how much natural habitat changes are from massive toxicity of consumer products, co2, geo engineering, &/or electromagnetic changes.
Unless the effects of all these are looked at individually, I'm not convinced that CO2 is the cause of any climate changes we are seeing. There's just not scientific proof with all these other variables.
I just tried to find a good interview I saw with a female scientist who totally believed that CO2 climate change narrative, but as a scientist she finally forced herself dig deep into the science to make sure it just wasn't a belief. She found all kinds of scientific distortions, and in the way temperatures are measured.
I already know that modeling complex biological systems is impossible to do accurately, so climate change models should not be used for predictions imo.