Staeff
Staeff t1_ivoyt3p wrote
Reply to comment by taggedandgagged in More people are employed in clean energy than in fossil fuels by kickresume
The required labor of renewables gets less over the lifetime of an installation as you don't need to keep a whole mining/drilling/shipping operation going to provide fuel.
But besides that what would it matter that you need more labor? As long as it's cheaper overall to produce renewable energy the number of jobs doesn't really mean anything.
Staeff t1_ivo9sbc wrote
Reply to comment by barlog123 in More people are employed in clean energy than in fossil fuels by kickresume
If that's what you choose to tell yourself to rationalize not going green then please stick to it, you are beyond being argued with...
Staeff t1_ivo6un7 wrote
Reply to comment by barlog123 in More people are employed in clean energy than in fossil fuels by kickresume
Are you arguing that being fully fossil is more green than renewables with fossil backup?
Staeff t1_ivo6hoe wrote
Reply to comment by barlog123 in More people are employed in clean energy than in fossil fuels by kickresume
Look, I don't know what to tell you, renewables are already the cheapest way to produce energy in many countries and states and they have the benefit of not further advancing climate change, both of which adds value to the economy.
Staeff t1_ivnmo4d wrote
Reply to comment by 685327592 in More people are employed in clean energy than in fossil fuels by kickresume
I think this is more about that not phasing out fossils to protect jobs is not a valid argument, if renewables provide even more jobs..
Staeff t1_ivozdrt wrote
Reply to comment by taggedandgagged in More people are employed in clean energy than in fossil fuels by kickresume
https://www.irena.org/publications/2022/Jul/Renewable-Power-Generation-Costs-in-2021
>The lifetime cost per kWh of new solar and wind capacity added in Europe in 2021 will average at least four to six times less than the marginal generating costs of fossil fuels in 2022.
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>Globally, new renewable capacity added in 2021 could reduce electricity generation costs in 2022 by at least USD 55 billion.
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>Between January and May 2022 in Europe, solar and wind generation, alone, avoided fossil fuel imports of at least USD 50 billion.