surfgrrl

Is the Sun Shining on Solar?

Comparing the cost of coal-fired electric generation to solar (or other non-polluting, renewable electric generation) without factoring in the ultimate, inevitable cost of repairing environmental damage the coal-fired plants will cause is inaccurate. The clean-up costs (not to mention the costs of global warming, health effects of breathing polluted air,etc.) may eventually be reflected in a carbon -trading scheme, and therefore make the comparison easier- but for now, you are comparing a heavily-subsidized industry (coal) with a barely subsidized one-
U.S. policy-makers need to wake up and see the train wreck we are headed for, and start emulating the European model of subsidizing a cleaner future, that also eventually will cost us all a lot less. (remember, with renewables, the fuel to power the plants is FREE .Forever. )