Re:Please Bring Back Our Downvotes: Society Desperately Need...
by merpnderp on Thursday July 29, 2021 @09:16AM
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> My instinct is that you're not including the cost of the fuel
The docs seemed pretty clear that they were the operating costs of the installation. I had to find the install cost and the operating costs separately.
> Doesn't this logic cut both ways? If wind energy was so expensive, then no one would be building wind farms.
That's a good point, but there is also an enormous amount of pressure to go carbon free and these power companies answer to several regulatory bodies all with enormous power of their operations. It's not unreasonable to believe there are requirements to move to wind for continued licensing.
The docs seemed pretty clear that they were the operating costs of the installation. I had to find the install cost and the operating costs separately.
> Doesn't this logic cut both ways? If wind energy was so expensive, then no one would be building wind farms.
That's a good point, but there is also an enormous amount of pressure to go carbon free and these power companies answer to several regulatory bodies all with enormous power of their operations. It's not unreasonable to believe there are requirements to move to wind for continued licensing.