Comments on: The Dirty Secrecy of Clean Energy Costs

By: C

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:18:40 +0000

Comparing the costs of green energy to other grid power is a misnomer because:

1) Coal, natural gas, oil and nuclear all receive massive government subsidies that dwarf those of the renewable energy industry and bring down their costs making most cost comparisons used by these industries complete falsehoods

2) Most straight cost comparisons fail to account for added costs of dirty energy to the country

3) NatGas, Oil and Uranium are all rapidly diminishing resources that only have a few decades left of availability

By: Hank

Hank — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:53:19 +0000

For ANY of these people to claim they don’t quite know what lies ahead is WILFUL ignorance! They could study the Spanish government report, the German government report, both studies were done by the government, not some NGO or biased group. Their conclusion, total disaster! The British who are on limited or fixed income have a term for their new lifestyle, Heat or Eat, delivered to them by renewable energy. This boondoggle is actually criminal and the agencies disclaimers are pure lies. There is ample factual information on just what a complete disaster this scheme is. It delivers about 5% of the claimed energy, it requires conventional back up and the cost to rate payers will be at least 25% to 40% greater, when Electricity is available. The factual results are readably available if honest people looked. This scheme is a disgrace and those responsible are crooks.

By: nowsane

nowsane — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:22:27 +0000

And this is all because we are trying to lead the nation in stopping Global Warming, err Climate Change. But low and behold, we’ve seen many examples/evidence that the Earth has been cooling now for at least since 1998. But will California stop this rampage towards its own destruction, by insisting on a 33% renewable energy standard that is killing more than 1 million California jobs. Not if Moonbeam has his way with your money.

By: Tom Tanton

Tom Tanton — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:22:10 +0000

The price drop in solar PV, suggested as a bright spot, will soon disappear as trade sanctions against China are pursued by U.S. at the urging of the solar industry here. Basically the Chinese manufacturers are accused of dumping. BUt I personally find it hard to distinguish between Chinese dumping, supported by the Chinese government, and the equally distortinf and abusive subsidies given to solar (and wind.) At least, so far, the Production Tax Credit has failed extension.

By: David

David — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:18:14 +0000

Excellently researched piece. A lot of this renewable energy stuff is too good to be true.

By: Soquel Creek

Soquel Creek — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:41:56 +0000

According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), which energy industry receives the largest federal tax subsidy? The answer may surprise you.

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