{"id":275703,"date":"2023-08-26T18:14:10","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T16:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=275703"},"modified":"2023-08-26T18:14:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T16:14:13","slug":"mythbusting-theres-no-way-wind-solar-are-cheaper-than-coal-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=275703","title":{"rendered":"Mythbusting: There\u2019s No Way Wind & Solar Are Cheaper Than Coal &\u00a0Gas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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<\/a>The fact that every country that\u2019s increased reliance on wind and solar is suffering rocketing power prices is incontrovertible. And that simple relationship puts paid to the myth that wind and solar are cheaper than coal and gas, principally because it\u2019s heavily subsidised wind and solar that are (occasionally) displacing coal and gas-fired power. When we say \u2018occasionally\u2019, we mean those occasions when the sun is shining in a cloudless, bright blue sky and the wind is blowing at a healthy 8m\/s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, making direct cost comparisons between generation sources that are thoroughly uncontrollable because their output depends upon the weather or time-of-day is a nonsense. It\u2019s one of the points made by Alex Epstein in this marvellous mythbusting piece below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ultimate debunking of \u201csolar and wind are cheaper than fossil fuels.\u201d<\/strong>
Energy Talking Points
Alex Epstein
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Myth: Solar and wind are cheaper than fossil fuels<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truth: Solar and wind are only cheaper than fossil fuels in at most a small fraction of situations. For the overwhelming majority of the world\u2019s energy needs, solar and wind are either completely unable to replace fossil fuels or are far more expensive.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

We incessantly hear claims that solar and wind are cheaper than fossil fuels:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The World Economic Forum characterizes \u201crenewables\u201d as \u201cthe world\u2019s cheapest source of energy\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRenewables: Cheapest form of power\u201d says the UN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All such claims involve a dangerous fallacy I call \u201cfalse generalization.\u201d[1<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why we should be suspicious of the pervasive claim that \u201csolar and wind are cheaper than fossil fuels\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n