The Dirty Secret of Clean Energy
The Dirty Secret of Clean Energy
From The Economist Espresso: The dirty secret of clean energy
https://espresso.economist.com/f0b76267fbe12b936bd65e203dc675c1
https://espresso.economist.com/f0b76267fbe12b936bd65e203dc675c1
From The Economist Espresso: The dirty secret of clean energy
https://espresso.economist.com/f0b76267fbe12b936bd65e203dc675c1
https://espresso.economist.com/f0b76267fbe12b936bd65e203dc675c1
Zara Altair interesting
ReplyDeleteLet's be clear here: this is a failure of the market to respond to cheap power, not a failure of renewables to stop disrupting the (broken) market.
ReplyDeleteSubsidies: Approximately 70% of all energy subsidies go to fossil fuels
ReplyDeletenpr.org - Solyndra Highlights History Of Energy Subsidies
The energy is intermittent: The clip neglects to mention "bundling" of sources. Where energy production is low in one place, high production in another offsets that, ensuring an even generation and flow of energy. The national energy grid is built to do this.
The low cost of supply. The argument presented flies in the face of accepted economics. Low cost of supply leads to greater profits. Unless the low cost of supply is for only one source of supply. Which is true. Sun and wind are very much cheaper sources of supply than oil or coal. The narrator says that we should use subsidies to keep profits up. But, for who? The fossil fuel industry, of course.
In short, the vid is not in support of renewables or green energy, but is nothing more than a rehashing of the usual arguments against going green. "Renewables are heavily subsidized or they couldn't compete" "There's no energy produced when there's no sun shining or wind blowing" "It undercuts profits".