Re:Solar and Wind Power So Cheap They’re Outgrowing Subsidies
by cortesoft on Thursday September 19, 2019 @12:17PM
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Makes sense, but are they also counting the externalities of solar and wind as subsidies? Sure, they aren't as much as for fossil fuels, but there ARE externalities for solar cell manufacturing.
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Re:Solar and Wind Power So Cheap They’re Outgrowing Subsidies
by mbostleman on Thursday September 19, 2019 @12:26PM
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I see this missing all the time. I don't know if it matters if the real costs of green power are counted - maybe it doesn't change the bottom line. But it seems like the general approach is that green power has no negative effects. The evil one is fossil fuels and it is all evil and the good one is green energy and it is all good. I think it makes it easier to swallow for the mainstream.