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The UK has a number of laerge offshore wind farms, and wind power now produces nearly 20% of UK electricity, with plans to expand this to over one third.
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For the USA to reproduce this for it's needs, based on the numbers of that site, would require the construction of ~700,000 windmills.
The average price of power in the UK is ~$0.22 KWH.
The average price of power in the USA is ~$0.08KWH.
And that just brings the USA to 18%.
Solar ad Wind are cheaper than fossil fuels and nuclear energy. Whilst lare costs are involced in decommissioning nuclear facilities and building new nuclear plants, whilst fossil fuels are on the way out.
Solar ad Wind are cheaper than fossil fuels and nuclear energy. Whilst lare costs are involced in decommissioning nuclear facilities and building new nuclear plants, whilst fossil fuels are on the way out.
The Guardian is a discredited source.
There is no way that Solar & Wind can be counted on for base load power. The technology doesn't exist to put it online on the scale needed for the USA for the costs that would even be close to competitive for what's out there.
The USA is sitting on known coal reserves good for 300 years at current usage rates. It's folly indeed to believe that it's going to be ignored considering the available options. And places such as this won't be going off line anytime soon.
Unlike the Trump Administration, which blows 100% of the time
hoohoohoo funny guy! If he's blowing at least he's putting something out All the left does is suck,suck,suck, no matter what it's about....energy,taxes, whatever they just suck......
LOL another comedian heard from......BTW did you finish your crow dinner post Mueller report???
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