to be fair using spain’s negative prices as blanket proof against the claim that they’re expensive is icky. Spain’s a smaller country with high very renewables. High renewable penetration, limited storage, less interconnection with other countries, low demand. Demand low, supply high. Prices fall.
The indirect costs associated with fossil fuels need to be included.
The health costs.
The costs to the environment.
Add in:
The energy inefficiency of fossil fuels.
Government subsidies.
Impact of Climate Change due to fossil fuel emissions: CO2, CO, CH4, NOx, SOx, VOx
Increased storms & impact.
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Related to the cost of solar has been the consumer driven surge of solar in Pakistan.
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/11/pakistan-solar-power-energy-transition/
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If we want to recapture that zeitgeist, we must embrace cheap, abundant energy from renewables.
The health costs.
The costs to the environment.
Add in:
The energy inefficiency of fossil fuels.
Government subsidies.
Impact of Climate Change due to fossil fuel emissions: CO2, CO, CH4, NOx, SOx, VOx
Increased storms & impact.