A bit more reading :
http://instituteforenergyresearch.org/analysis/wary-ieas-renewable-forecast/
"according to the EIA, even with the lucrative subsidies that the United States government provides for solar power, it is still not cost competitive with natural gas plants entering service in 2022."
"in 2015 [..] hydroelectric power produced 71 percent of the [..] renewable share."
"in the United States, energy production from natural gas is growing faster than energy production from wind and solar."
"Together, wind and solar power only attained a 4.5 percent share of global generation in 2015 and at most can only achieve a 9.5 percent share in 2021."
It is really important for our politicians to understand the severe inefficiency and cost that they are imposing through MRET etc. There isn't much sign (apart from Senator Malcolm Roberts) that they have even started to understand yet.
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