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The folks that don't seem to know that talk with trends and statistics from 5 years ago or more... Fossil fuels were great last century, and Nuclear would have been great to replace fossil fuels 30 years ago. Today we have a much better option. We need to chose to accelerate it.
"Renewable energy has surpassed fossil fuels worldwide as the main source of new electricity generation, the latest report from the International Energy Agency has found." https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-13/international-energy-agency-world-energy-outlook-2018/10491734?
The document shows utility scale wind and solar across most of the country are cheaper than already running coal, and cheaper than most new gas. – without subsidies. "Lazard, Lazard, LCOE – what’s the cheapest energy? " https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2018/11/09/lazards-lazards-lcoe-whos-the-cheapest-energy/?
"Renewable capacity has tripled in past five years, even faster growth than the ‘dash for gas’ of the 1990s" https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/06/uk-renewable-energy-capacity-surpasses-fossil-fuels-for-first-time
The more we scale renewables, the cheaper they get. The more we put on the grid, the easier they are assimilate. The longer we wait, the more it costs...
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