Why solar and wind energy isn’t winning


Modern societies need power 24/7, so unreliable and intermittent solar and wind bring large, often hidden costs. — Reuters

DESPITE us constantly being told that solar and wind are now the cheapest forms of electricity, governments around the world needed to spend US$1.8 trillion on the green transition last year.

“Wind and solar are already significantly cheaper than coal and oil” is how US President Joe Biden conveniently justifies spending hundreds of billions of dollars on green subsidies.

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