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The cost of generating energy from renewables has been consistently decreasing. Furthermore, as renewables are also increasingly important in the total energy mix, the cost of making what turns into renewables capacity also decreases.
So what - renewables are now proven significantly cheaper, and their cost curves are trending down, not up!
True, but the additional cost will be marginal at best. You might need to look at how massive mining operations are becoming more electric and autonomous as you might not be up to speed.
Perhaps you can tell us about these assumptions.
Wind for example has yet to get to scalable production levels as technology and engineering advancements keep improving such that these advancements are reducing costs in preference to scale.
Solar technologies are capable of significantly greater capacity through "biscuits" that capture more of the solar spectrum than present mass produced solar panels. However, the issue here is that scalability is gazumping efficiency for the time being.

<blockquote data-quote="rederob" data-source="post: 1021278" data-attributes="member: 2837">The cost of generating energy from renewables has been consistently decreasing.&nbsp;&nbsp; Furthermore, as renewables are also increasingly important in the total energy mix, the cost of making what turns into renewables capacity also decreases.So what - renewables are now proven significantly cheaper, and their cost curves are trending down, not up!True, but the additional cost will be marginal at best.&nbsp; You might need to look at how massive mining operations are becoming more electric and autonomous as you might not be up to speed.Perhaps you can tell us about these assumptions.Wind for example has yet to get to scalable production levels as technology and engineering advancements keep improving such that these advancements are reducing costs in preference to scale.Solar technologies are capable of significantly greater capacity through &quot;biscuits&quot; that capture more of the solar spectrum than present mass produced solar panels.&nbsp; However, the issue here is that scalability is gazumping efficiency for the time being.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rederob, post: 1021278, member: 2837"] The cost of generating energy from renewables has been consistently decreasing. Furthermore, as renewables are also increasingly important in the total energy mix, the cost of making what turns into renewables capacity also decreases. So what - renewables are now proven significantly cheaper, and their cost curves are trending down, not up! True, but the additional cost will be marginal at best. You might need to look at how massive mining operations are becoming more electric and autonomous as you might not be up to speed. Perhaps you can tell us about these assumptions. Wind for example has yet to get to scalable production levels as technology and engineering advancements keep improving such that these advancements are reducing costs in preference to scale. Solar technologies are capable of significantly greater capacity through "biscuits" that capture more of the solar spectrum than present mass produced solar panels. However, the issue here is that scalability is gazumping efficiency for the time being. [/QUOTE]

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