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by padjo
150 days ago
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Gas prices are high at least in part because of reduced exploitation of resources. For example here in Ireland we have stopped extracting our own gas and now import. I'm I'm favour of increased renewables, but we need to be truthful about the costs. A fully renewable energy system is probably always going to be more expensive per unit than a fossil fuel based one. |
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No probably not at all unless you mean in the short term. The fossil industry gets way way way more financial support. The externalities of fossils are costing us incredible amounts of money, health and lives and will do for many many decades if not centuries to come. Renewables are now cheaper than nearly anything despite decades of suppression by the fossil industry.
https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2023/08/24/fossil-fuel...
https://ourworldindata.org/how-much-subsidies-fossil-fuels
https://www.eesi.org/files/FactSheet_Fossil_Fuel_Externaliti...
https://www.irena.org/News/pressreleases/2025/Jul/91-Percent...
https://sps.columbia.edu/news/fossil-fuel-industrys-ceaseles...