30 Jun 2023 10:34 am
A bunch of Republicans build all those wind and solar farms, to earn money.Nostradamus'omh » 30 Jun 2023, 9:49 am » wrote: ↑ they cost more than they return on investment. It is a hoax covered up by statistical averages using less than the whole process costs to place and maintain constantly.
Here is a recent cost breakdown of new build power plants.
A coal plant might last fifty years. There will be coal burned to make power for decades. But economics mean very few, of any more coal plants are going to be built.
Regulatory costs and do gooders have likely prevented any new hydro dams or fission plants.
That means all we are going to see by way of new power plant construction is Nat gas, solar and wind.
There is a great future for Natgas plants. Solar never works at night and the wind doesn’t always blow close enough to where power is needed. There will be, a fueled power source enough to meet base line and peak demand, always.
But peak demand is a few hours in the afternoon.
New wind plants make power at two cents a kilowatt and solar at six cents, without subsidies.
You won’t notice and won’t care so long as you pay ten cents for your juice.