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Re:Wind and solar are cheaper than thought, admits UK govern... by cbmuser on Thursday August 27, 2020 @02:21PM (#24296802)
Solar and wind are highly subsidized as well.

Just look at German electricity prices.

Re:Wind and solar are cheaper than thought, admits UK govern... by saagarjha on Thursday August 27, 2020 @02:40PM (#24297047)
Keep in mind that the subsidy for oil might be "accounting for the entire world's economy collapsing in the future due to climate change".
Re:Wind and solar are cheaper than thought, admits UK govern... by infecto on Thursday August 27, 2020 @02:41PM (#24297071)
Agree with this and I would argue that subsidies can be a good thing. In a perfect world (which does not exist) I think subsidies for old power generation would have left long ago and as soon as new tech came out they could be applied to it.
Re:Wind and solar are cheaper than thought, admits UK govern... by ClumsyPilot on Thursday August 27, 2020 @03:03PM (#24297337)
obviously this varies country by country, and strongly depends on local climate.It's very poor argumentation in that sense. One should actually present numbers, not point fingers circumstantially.