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    The article does not advocate for coal, in fact it demonstrates how coal, when used as a backup/supplement to gas, results in higher energy costs. Then it lays out how the gas and wind combination result in the same outcome.
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    The article lays out the way renewables increase electricity costs. It is up to you to to rebut. Given you are unable to do so, I recommend you stay on the porch. Woof woof!
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    Obviously you didn’t read/understand the article
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    https://fb.watch/nnOF5WZsWO/ looks like Bill Maher agrees with me
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    So? If you have a problem with that, explain why their analysis is wrong.
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    Try not to get triggered by “coal”. For a moment let’s forget about coal’s externalities as it has nothing to do with the point of the article. It explains why RENEWABLES make electricity more expensive. And to help you understand, it also explains why coal is also more expensive.
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    That is because it is an explainer on electricity markets, not an advocacy for coal. The first part dealing with gas and coal illustrates how the current market, natural gas supplemented with coal, works. It than shows how natural gas supplemented by wind will be even more expensive.
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    Read the article a bit more carefully especially the “Dash for Wind” portion.
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    Ok, now let’s discuss the article and how renewables raise electric utility rates.
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    “The loss in solar panel efficiency over time is called degradation and it is a natural consequence of exposure of the solar panel to ultraviolet rays and adverse weather conditions. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates this degradation to be between 0.5% to 0.8% per year.” You do the math
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    Depending on the season anywhere from $80 through $500, it’s a big house (4000+sf) and those polar vortexes put a hurting on our poor heat pumps. I can’t wait until this global warming thing kicks in.
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    $6 is what you pay, how much are getting from state and federal subsidies? Add those back in, add the initial capital cost, divide by the lifetime of the system while accounting for ever decreasing efficiency and recalculate.
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    Sorry I should have said “free”
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    https://www.netzerowatch.com/content/uploads/2023/09/Renewables-Increase-Electricity-Bills.pdf I have always wondered why does the free electricity from wind and solar cost so much (think California). Now I know!
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    NPR

    brenthutch replied to brenthutch's topic in Speakers Corner

    That is a common problem with progressives, they often confuse change with progress.
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    NPR

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    An enterprise that has cost them $4.5 billion just this year, causing them to re-evaluate their EV plans. You might ask, How can they afford to lose so much money? Good question. The answer? “Worldwide, demand for Ford’s fresh lineup of trucks, SUVs and commercial vans pushed second-quarter revenue up 12%, to $45 billion”
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    Given planet Earth is much more robust than the human race I will go with the underdog and the underdog has never thrived more than when it has started to exploit fossil fuels. I say keep a good thing going.
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    brenthutch replied to brenthutch's topic in Speakers Corner

    Is that all you have? Please tell me you are able to contribute something more substantive.
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    NPR

    brenthutch replied to brenthutch's topic in Speakers Corner

    Agreed, the earth has been removing CO2 from the atmosphere at an unsustainable rate, if the trajectory of ever sequestered CO2 were to continue, our planet would die. Thankfully we have these creatures called humans which are capable of returning some of that vital CO2 back into our atmosphere.
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    Facts are facts, it doesn’t matter how butt-hurt it makes you feel.
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    Of course that was due to COVID, and you forgot to mention it was also the shortest recession.
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    brenthutch replied to brenthutch's topic in Speakers Corner

    Don’t forget that each additional increment of CO2 has less and less impact. One hat keeps your head warmer, ten hats don’t make your head ten times warmer. I see nothing catastrophic in a doubling of our current levels.
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    I guess that is why the planet continues to burn fossil fuels no matter how many environmentalists glue themselves to the floor or how folks continue to prefer F150s over EVs no matter how much taxpayer money is thrown at them or how offshore wind remains uneconomical no matter how many whales are slaughtered.
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    NPR

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    Just listened to NPR refer to the perpetrators of a smash-n-grab robbery of a store in Philadelphia as “youngsters” Then a piece on how higher levels of CO2 causes poison ivy to use water more efficiently and grow faster (ignoring the fact that it has the same effect on all other plants). In the past they reported higher levels of CO2 will hurt barley, grape and arabica production, threatening our beer, wine and coffee but the same thing will result in the unchecked spread of poison ivy. I smell an agenda.
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    I guess you weren’t around for Hillary-care